1.   As for Miss Kenton, I seem to remember the mounting tension of those days having a noticeable effect upon her.

2.   Harry attempted a couple of jokes to relieve the tension of the occasion.

3.   He tested the tension of each wire, and ran his hand over the timber to ensure the joinery was perfect.

4.   It was a way of releasing some of the strain and tension of her life.

5.   Now, after years of self-doubt, she was growing in confidence and beginning to shed the tensions of her formative years.

6.   The high feeling and tension of the afternoon carried over into the night.

7.   The story of the Unabomber crackles with the raw mystery and tension of a cops-and-robbers potboiler.

8.   The tension of the wire will secure the hooks against the crazy paving permanently.

9.   To leave the ever-present tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff, formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes.

10.   All mothers share to some extent in the tension of a wedding.