Even so, there was a strange tension between them.

Meg looked from one to the other, disturbed by the strange tension in the room; aware that she had interrupted something.

Chen turned, watching the two figures approach them through the darkness, a strange tension rooted in his stomach.

Yet at the same time he was conscious of a strange tension in the air about him, as if things weren't quite as they seemed.

His face took on a strange tension, one Joni couldn't identify.

It is a strange ethnic tension, since both groups are Han Chinese.

Some strange tension that I didn't quite understand seemed to flow away from him.

They meant a very great deal to each other, but they were both under a strange, unnatural tension.

There was a strange, dark tension about her husband.

There was a strange tension in the room which I couldn't even begin to comprehend.