His voice came out even, normal, but that terrible tension shook through his hands.

His voice showed tight anger and beneath that a terrible tension.

Relaxed from this terrible tension I felt that something was about to happen.

The smile that accompanied it seemed to ease all the terrible tension in his face, neck and soul.

There was a terrible tension in the Prince's words as he tried to speak calmly of that friend's death.

There was a terrible tension between then, and Greg wasn't saying anything.

I sensed a terrible tension in her, something she kept deep within only with the greatest effort of will.

With a feeling of terrible tension I closed the front door and went into the sitting-room.

She felt the massive, terrible tension of his body, then a thrust that once again seemed to tear her apart.

I realized what terrible tensions he must have been under.