The redhead must have felt the tension in the arms of her captives lessen.

The students laughed at this, and the tension lessened some.

Odette smiled as he'd hoped she would, but the tension in the air didn't lessen.

Several men laughed, and momentarily the grim tension of the last two days lessened.

Her tension lessened slightly when she replied, "My mother gave it to me."

A year after the incident, tensions in the community have lessened.

Still, all of the candidates said publicly that racial tensions throughout the city had lessened in the last four years.

The unpleasant tension inside him was lessening; he felt very much awake.

The tension at the table had lessened considerably after that.

She finished the champagne and felt the tension lessen just a little.