Tensen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tensen is a verb meaning (intransitive) To become tense or more tense.
Meaning
(intransitive) To become tense or more tense.
Example Sentences
A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face.
I realized, suddenly, that I had been tensening with a steady, burning frustration.
At first he was shocked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke.
Word Forms
- tensens
- tensening
- tensened
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tense, tighten, intensen, tonicize, intend, tallen.
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