Then his expression tensed with the realization of what Flinx was telling him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of The Matter]

You tensed, reached for my knee, squeezed it tight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The perfectly banal postcards...] Reference

Travis tensed and pushed hard with all ten fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Defiant Agents] Reference

The skin tensed over his teeth in a grinning sneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference

Nelsen and Ramos tensed -- blips on the radar screen!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Planet Strappers] Reference

Grace suddenly tensed with every faculty on the alert.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference

 She was fixated on the shape of his tensed shoulders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine Life] Reference

Genro Kir tensed again, making an obvious mental effort.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Players] Reference

Al tensed his muscle just so she couldn't release her grip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunday Cookout] Reference

He tensed, gripping the stunner, peering into the darkness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold in the Sky] Reference

It appeared that Crane tensed at the sound of Jeremy's voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Better than Ever] Reference

As the man tensed to spring, Lanko raised the weapon a little.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Players] Reference

For a second, she tensed, while he waited, grinning down at her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Police Your Planet] Reference

His muscles were tensed in anticipation, but it didn't help much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Youngling A Terran Empire story] Reference

I picked her up, her tensed body weighted down with Steve's jacket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Circling '84] Reference

Dowst tensed over the controls, trying to anticipate the next move.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference

Medart tensed and started to sweat, his expression becoming strained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zeta Exchange A Terran Empire story] Reference

Bart tensed; he had wondered how he'd get hidden inside, but he asked.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Colors of Space] Reference

His muscles tensed, the bindings cutting deeper, and the chair creaked.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference

She sat up again suddenly, and again the voice disappeared as she tensed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel] Reference

Nonetheless, that muscle in my neck tensed up, as it often does back home.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Person Global] Reference

A buff-gray shape flitted through the tall cover grass, and Travis tensed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Defiant Agents] Reference

He tensed himself for the step across onto the slowly-moving reverse ribbon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference

Foster's muscles tensed swiftly, then flung his body headlong out into space.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cavern of the Shining Ones] Reference

Almost at the same moment the muscles in her face tensed and her neck corded.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference

 Jeanette tensed when she felt the hand touch her hunched back and pulled away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine Life] Reference

Hovan tensed at the touch, and Tarlac realized the Traiti couldn't help himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference

Nanette tensed: maybe Fredericksen was about to have one of his legendary meltdowns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hotel Chelsea - Nanette 2] Reference

It tensed against his body, and the whine in its animal throat became an irate hiss.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monster] Reference

Gaddon tensed in the darkness, gripping the safety straps he had attached to himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monster] Reference

With the candlelight behind him, the man's face was in darkness, and Daoud tensed himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference

His muscles tensed as her arm came up and down -- a shadow almost invisible in the starlight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lani People] Reference

He had unconsciously tensed, his body responding nerve and muscle to past training and alarms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rebel Spurs] Reference

First my back, my legs, his fingers magical conduits, easing the cramped calves and tensed spine.    From Wordnik.com.  [O Saddam!] Reference