11.   On demonstration here is Indian Head massage, designed to relieve tension and improve the scalp.

12.   Annsley has a very high-powered job and a hectic business schedule, but he finds coaching as a great escape valve and a chance to relieve tension.

13.   And he tried to inject some humor into the hearings to relieve the tension.

14.   As she and the other survivors traveled, she said, some read the paper to calm themselves, and others chattered to relieve the tension.

15.   But while blue jeans and nerf basketball games may inspire creativity or relieve tension, they are not what make the culture.

16.   Floral, her heavily pregnant older sister, relieves pre-ceremony tensions by rolling down a hill.

17.   For better-off couples, a hired hand can save work and relieve tension.

18.   He jokes to relieve tension, to instruct, to make a point.

19.   His gorging may have been as much to relieve tension as to put on pounds.

v. + tension >>共 395
ease 16.21%
defuse 7.54%
reduce 6.93%
raise 5.55%
heighten 5.47%
create 4.03%
increase 3.73%
escalate 2.29%
cause 2.15%
inflame 1.78%
relieve 1.05%
relieve + n. >>共 363
pressure 17.34%
pain 9.92%
stress 6.95%
symptom 4.86%
tension 3.51%
congestion 2.43%
anxiety 2.02%
suffering 1.89%
shortage 1.75%
boredom 1.55%
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