The only thing you know for sure is the present tense.

But on the set, she is a very tense woman.

But he was strong in the game's most tense moment.

For no real reason, I was beginning to feel tense.

Because I would not want things to become any more tense.

And knew she'd wanted me to hear the present tense.

A few problems with the future tense, but not bad.

I went up to find out what happened when times were tense.

He had turned around to see her white, tense face.

Never in all his days had he seen anyone so tense.

The very end of the story is told in a present tense.

The last few days had been a tense time for them both.

Yet I use the present tense for no good reason.

But her will was tense against them all the time.

His face was tense in the light from the house.

But officials on each side said the meeting was not tense.

She goes on to speak of him, often in the present tense.

It has been a rather tense few hours for all of us.

Now was not the time to put that in the past tense.

For a tense moment, the situation seemed to stop cold.

The problem of tense in this work is certainly very difficult.

I'm using the past tense because this no longer works.

By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense.

We were getting close now, and it was a tense moment.

He stood tense for a moment, then went to the door.

There are three simple tenses - past, present, and future.

There's always a question of tenses when referring to the recently dead.

Finally, do remember that all news stories should be in reported speech; and as such pay attention to tenses.

The potential mood can be used only in present and perfect tenses.

In some cases, though, a natural sequence of tenses is more appropriate.

But tenses get complicated when we want to make clear the order in which two or more things occurred.

"I know we're better than what's going to happen in the last couple of weeks," he said, confusing his tenses.

Just one suggestion: be careful about the tenses you use.

Instead of the simple tenses, one can use composed forms.

However, these tenses are often replaced with others in the spoken language.

The tenses may be further divided according to the aspect of the action.

However, the possible differences between the two tenses are due only to stem changes.

Many other languages, such as French, do not use progressive tenses.

The use of certain tenses and/or aspects in the verb.

Past tenses are found in a variety of Asian languages.

"I had to go back through the manuscript to change all the tenses.

As people tend to do with their better days behind them, he loses track of his tenses.

The relations between tenses and moods are shown in the following table.

Before verb roots, it is used for the present and future tenses.

She was far too distraught to pick up on his choice of tenses.

The switch in tenses from past to present unnerved him.

Note that some of these tenses are very rarely used in contemporary French.

Tenses and commas may seem beside the point, but they are not.

Many tenses and moods may only be formed in this manner.

The tenses normal are used for the subjunctive and the command.

He looked hard at her for a moment, and she tensed.

He tensed, turned his head to look toward the sound.

Just a little, but both men saw it and tensed.

He tensed as if she had moved, tried to get past him.

Suddenly he moved next to me and I tensed up.

She tensed, but the pain was almost too quickly gone.

Then suddenly someone was running toward them and they tensed.

Mom had not been one of the family who'd tensed up.

He gave no sign of having heard, but his body tensed.

The others in the car all tensed, looking at him, waiting.

For a moment he stood there, his whole body tensed.

She tensed as this person sat next to her on the bed.

Church looked around at him, tensing, as if reading his mind.

She felt the same, still tensed up from last night's events.

I was tensing up already, and nothing had happened to make me so.

You're tensed up all the time, waiting to go to war.

His hand tensed on the stick, but he did not move.

He reached into the box again, and his body tensed.

She tensed as if not knowing what to do next.

I tensed, looking up at the hills behind the city.

My shoulders tensed up as I looked back at him.

I tensed, waiting for another cut, but it never came.

I asked what sort of music she likes, and her face tensed in thought.

I tensed and looked down at the dog standing to my right.

For a moment, his face tensed, as if something had to be done very carefully.

He moved his hands down to my but and I immediately started to tense up again.

How can you relax and tense up at the same time?

He seemed to tense up, then shot an arm straight into the air.

Suddenly he moved next to me and I tensed up.

Mom had not been one of the family who'd tensed up.

I felt her tense up and start to quake as she came.

She felt the same, still tensed up from last night's events.

I was tensing up already, and nothing had happened to make me so.

You're tensed up all the time, waiting to go to war.

He suddenly thought of Cindy, which made him tense up.

Michelle felt herself tense up the way she always did when people asked her that.

My shoulders tensed up as I looked back at him.

Within no time at all, I feel him tense up and begin to moan.

He had no heart to watch her soft face tense up as she returned to reality.

For a moment her face went blank as she tensed up.

You tense up, just a bit, and it hurts more.

He tried to keep his tone mild, even as she could feel him tense up.

"I used to tense up and doubt myself," she said.

Her eyes widened and she tensed up but said nothing.

A thud almost directly over his head made him tense up.

I could feel all the muscles in my body tensing up.

A determined man would be tensing up at that point, ready to make his break.

Mary began to moan and I could feel her tense up.

I could see the muscles of his body tense up in near panic.

He could feel himself tense up, ready for anything.