Tension knotted her neck and shoulders.

Tension still in the air knotted her guts like tangled yarn.

Tension suddenly knotted her shoulders.

Tension knotted every muscle in his body.

Tension knotted her muscles.

Tension knotted the boy's small, immature features, and the tendons of his thin little neck were stretched tight.

Tension knotted in Hawkins's stomach as he drove for the fuel dump.

Tension knotted the muscles along her jaw.

Tension knotted his shoulders, and his breathing was rapid.

Tension knotted his gut, and he shot her glance.