To the show's credit, it takes its own sweet time to let sexual tensions build and simmer.

The dialogue does not often get that heated, but tensions do simmer.

Tensions between the pair simmered all through the season which came to a head in February 1938.

The company gained more mainstream recognition, but tensions over its identity simmered.

The tension has been simmering all season but did not mushroom into a full-blown feud until the last three days.

Despite the tradition of separate parades, tensions simmer beneath the merriment.

Tensions soon simmered beneath the impression of domestic harmony and marital bliss.

In 1972, the Simla Agreement was signed between the two countries and tensions simmered.

Although Kenya and Uganda rely on each other, tensions between them constantly simmer.