The adults were indifferent to the temperature; tension kept them at a high level of alertness.

This tension will keep the "solved" pins from falling back down.

The anger and tensions kept building through the day, until a little after midnight.

I hovered around the phone all morning, on the off chance that Mom might decide to call early, but the tension kept building and building.

But the tension kept increasing, and we concluded that a negotiated solution was no longer possible.

Political uncertainty and ethnic tension also keep Indonesia on edge.

Also after the formation, these tensions kept rising, leading to the fall of the cabinet in December 1958.

The tension of the landing, however, had itself kept his metabolism cooking at a high rate.

Simple tension will keep both lines in place.

Will lay down and shut his eyes, but tension kept him awake.