He sat down tensely. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a tense person. ,a tense moment. From Dictionary.com.
As it sounded a figure jumped from behind a tree and called tensely. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference
"It's Bannister's last chance --" he said, tensely. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
"Back to the trap door, fellows!" said Frank tensely. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
"I've worked on this thing for years," he said tensely. From Wordnik.com. [Damned If You Don't] Reference
Joan was tensely watching his face for a sign from him. From Wordnik.com. [Devil Crystals of Arret] Reference
Then of a sudden I grew rigid, tensely alert, and watchful. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
And Jim gazed back at Dennis as breathlessly and as tensely. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
"You are only bringing pain upon yourself," she said tensely. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Alex leaped in his chair, and again strained forward tensely. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
Frendon leaned forward tensely, then relaxed self-consciously. From Wordnik.com. [Shock Absorber] Reference
On the evening I dropped in to see him, he was tensely nervous. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare] Reference
Everyone held their breathe and stood tensely by as they watched. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
The deputy commander was at his post, waiting tensely for orders. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
She drew her slim little body up tensely and waited for the story. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
With Garrigan he joined the tensely waiting group beside the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Cavern of the Shining Ones] Reference
"I am going to make what will seem an absurd request," he said tensely. From Wordnik.com. [Murder at Bridge] Reference
He started laboriously up the slope -- and Beth stood tensely watching. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
Gibson rapped sharply on the door and they waited tensely for a response. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
"Do you believe that I would accept anything from you?" she asked tensely. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College] Reference
Her father, feet braced, was staring tensely over the grade past the camp. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
"Same to you, Astro," replied Tom, and then crouched tensely in the shadows. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolt on Venus] Reference
"Of course that column of light may kill us," went on the Professor tensely. From Wordnik.com. [The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds] Reference
She waited tensely, a meter back from the main passageway, as he approached. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel] Reference
She was like some young wild thing at bay, harried, defiant, tensely defensive. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
He was roused by a touch on his shoulder and a voice saying tensely in his ear. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
The cabin waited as tensely as the taut pose of the rigid little victory trophy. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Point] Reference
"For one thing --" Paresi nodded toward Johnny, who lay tensely, his face hidden. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Point] Reference
Mrs. Astley-Rolfe sprang forward with a suppressed cry, and confronted him tensely. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
Judge Marshall corrected, with a chuckle that sounded odd in the tensely silent room. From Wordnik.com. [Murder at Bridge] Reference
The next instant and she had paused outside a closed door and stood listening tensely. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World] Reference
"Come on!" ejaculated Nan tensely, as she elbowed and pushed her way through the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference
She rose at his approach, leaning on the back of her chair, her body bent forward tensely. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
She gripped her chin tensely and tried to think, her forefinger pressed deep into the dimple. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
The arm that upheld her gripped her close to him as one who defends his own, as he said tensely. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Her nerves were tensely strung, and giggling was her sole expression for a wide range of emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
"There's a new caretaker on a tier of barges just above Tower Bridge," whispered Wrington tensely. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
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