tense atmosphere

"This is the reality of what will be a very tense atmosphere."

June 1997: The campaign for elections was run in a tense atmosphere.

But the tense atmosphere of the room on these waiting evenings was the same.

"I see many problems, a very tense atmosphere, with people not sure all the changes will last.

However, there is a tense atmosphere and they don't stay long.

The 32 minor penalties he called, 16 against each team, kept the game under control in a rather tense atmosphere.

This can only heighten the already tense atmosphere in the region.

I felt a tense atmosphere of anxiousness build between us.

He divined that she came from a less tense atmosphere than himself.

The high level of competition creates a tense atmosphere for many prospective students.

But his contribution to a tense atmosphere in the dressing room went beyond those statistics.

In a tense atmosphere, protesters called the security measures extreme yesterday.

"I feel it in these sacred places: a certain tense atmosphere.

Humour, too, can be a way of breaking a tense atmosphere.

Their statements added to the tense atmosphere in an extraordinary week of political developments here.

After the announcement of the election results the already tense atmosphere unfortunately turned violent.

I'd rather hear what people genuinely think than have a tense atmosphere of false tolerance around though.

It seemed to her the house had been shadowed by a strange, tense atmosphere since the first murder.

As if she sensed the time was right to interrupt the tense atmosphere, Recovery announced her next action.

The dynamics of the -downtown jail made for a tense atmosphere.

He studied under a tense atmosphere, because the school was militarized by a colonial order.

In a tense atmosphere, each side accused the other of attempting to win the election through fraud.

After the visitors left and in the tense atmosphere, the bride followed them briskly.

People have no faith in the police, and their distrust creates a tense atmosphere."

Despite a tense atmosphere at the paper and a plan to start a news site on the Internet, "they all want to come back," he said.