Sisko drew a tense breath and held it a little too long.

He sat, still with breath and heart quick, tense and waiting.

Amanda drew a tense breath when a couple of the men spun away and started walking toward the house.

Tess took in seven tense breaths and let them out before she spoke.

With a short, tense breath, the man took the remaining step to the point where Braam had run into trouble.

She drew a breath, too tense to be able to see any humor now.

With tense breath, the girt turned toward the front of the second-story hall.

There fell a sudden calm broken only by the tense breaths of the watchers.

"I have to walk around," she said, expelling a tense breath.

She blew out a tense breath and tucked a curl behind her ear.