She didn't need to be on the bridge physically to sense the tense mood that had come over the scene.

We left the table and repaired to Ginny's arcanum in a mood tense but hopeful.

The brief confrontation created a somewhat tense mood at the gate that persisted into the night.

He was in a tense, sensitive mood.

Meanwhile death, as always, opened an inner door to corridors of Damon's own inspiration which put him in a tense, susceptible mood.

With that gesture and a few simple words, her tense mood shifted.

But probably the most capturing effect was the music in the background, which helped to keep the urban atmosphere and tense mood.

The tense mood was broken by the arrival of a uniformed soldier carrying a tray with small glasses.

The tense, mood, and aspect system is typically quite different from western Persian.