| tense standoff | 11.65 | Tense standoff at Jewish shrine. | ||
| tense relation | 9.68 | Cianci and Almond have a history of tense relations. | ||
| tense situation | 8.95 | Tense situation in a big game? | ||
| tense moment | 7.97 | It was a tense moment. | ||
| tense border | 5.60 | Security increased along tense border. | ||
| tense atmosphere | 4.81 | But there is a tense atmosphere. | ||
| tense negotiation | 4.21 | They were released after tense negotiations. | ||
| tense time | 3.36 | It was a tense time. | ||
| tense stand-off | 3.09 | A tense military stand-off pushed them close to war. | ||
| tense city | 2.96 | More violence in tense West Bank city. | ||
| tense relationship | 2.70 | The two drivers have a tense relationship. | ||
| tense silence | 2.44 | There was a tense silence. | ||
| tense province | 2.37 | Separatist ethnic Albanians in tense Kosovo province also boycotted the vote. | ||
| tense region | 2.37 | Two Muslim houses burned, body found in tense region. | ||
| tense town | 2.24 | International mediator visits tense town. | ||
| tense confrontation | 1.97 | Tense confrontations produce unexpected chuckles. | ||
| tense day | 1.97 | The standoff was part of a tense day here. | ||
| tense game | 1.97 | Tense games. | ||
| tense area | 1.78 | Witnesses said troops were patrolling the tense area late Tuesday. | ||
| tense calm | 1.32 | There was a tense calm in Lyon Sunday night. |