11.   The mood is tense as displaced residents crowd into evacuation centers in northern churches and schools.

12.   The situation remained tense as dusk fell, with an army helicopter hovering overhead as Palestinian police evacuated their post for fear it would be attacked by rockets.

13.   The situation throughout the countryside appeared to be as tense as in the capital.

14.   Their hands are even more revealing, as tense as the rest of the picture.

15.   They began the game as tense as an archery bow.

16.   Though they were soon to go on stage, the players appeared not nearly as tense as the shoppers on the streets.

17.   Two years ago at this time, the Mariners clubhouse was as tense as Randy Johnson on a bad hair day.

18.   At midday Wednesday, the standoff at the legislature remained peaceful but tense as the crowd continue to barricade the lawmakers inside.

19.   Downtown Tehran was calm but tense as vigilantes moved in as a de facto militia.

20.   Madikizela-Mandela, who requested the week-long hearing to air longstanding allegations against her, looked tense as the five crisis committee members testified.