tension

In a sentence

Six example sentences with tension, each labelled with its topic.

• Hitchcock builds tension by showing the audience the ticking parcel under the table while the diners chat about nothing.

  Movies

• Waiting for results creates a tension that many people relieve by cleaning the kitchen or reorganising a drawer.

  Psychology

• The final round holds its tension because one wrong click ends a run that took nine hours.

  Gaming

• The tension in the arena during the final free throw was so thick that even the mascot stopped moving.

  Basketball

• The novel builds tension by letting the reader know about the hidden letter three chapters before the heroine finds it.

  Literature

• The tension in the courtroom broke only when the foreman stood up and cleared his throat to read the verdict.

  Law

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains tension. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• conclusion
• respond
• assignment
• fund
• instance
• location
• participating
• suspended
• dominated
• demonstration
• link
• recovered