She was tense at bedtime, but talked herself out of it.

They appeared tense at times, but never to the point of defeating themselves.

The paper says relations remain tense at union headquarters despite the accord.

He was both tense and calm at the same time.

It was her fault; she had been tense and ill at ease.

Life was very tense at Ingleside for the older people.

Security situation - I understand it can be very tense at times, but for anyone who has lived there - do you feel relatively safe?

The situation became so tense at one point that a driver told people he was not going to New Jersey.

She was tense at the prospect of meeting new people, and even though she knew the reason, it did not seem to help.

And others say that no tense at all can be connoted.