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    1. It can be a great way to relieve tension and could be as easy as renting a funny video and watching it at home


    2. Since exercise can be an outlet for anxiety and tension, people with Alzheimer's who are physically active may not fidget or pace as much as they would otherwise


    3. If you are unable to avoid tension and stress, it may be helpful to learn relaxation therapy from a trained professional


    4. And then Ackers started up again right where he left off, completely oblivious to the tension in the room


    5. So, with his one good arm, Onidas gathered up a bolt and loaded it, frantically cranking the winch to add tension to the drawstring


    6. The main requirements are that we should sit erect, with the spine in a straight line; that we should sit relaxed (without slumping) so that there is no tenseness anywhere in the body, and that we should drop the chin somewhat, so as to release any tension in the back of the neck


    7. The Asana are designed to free our mind and body from tension and stress


    8. Still later the communication improved as we were either exposed to some spiritual advice or wanted help to get over some problem or tension


    9. "The tension between the group and the individual," the buyer said


    10. I hold her and rock her back and forth, murmuring nothings as she lets go of all the stress and tension of the last weeks

    11. Heart-pounding tension washed through the man in the cell, who sat huddled and


    12. shoulder blades back to relieve the tension that he felt tightening at the base of his


    13. Danton’s shoulders twitched as he tried to alleviate the tension that he could now


    14. There was tension in the man’s voice


    15. " The tension was immediately apparent the second Jordo mentioned the Chief's impending and highly experimental integration with Tipperary, but he couldn’t very well dance around it


    16. The tension of the previous few days, the dread rigidity that fused every joint in my body and buried my conscious self under a raw tonnage of iron, was released in a single, long, low moan


    17. The tension thruout the Haad was like a balalaika string and no one felt like having a meaningful conversation


    18. As he walked Danton straightened himself up, pulling his shoulder blades back to relieve the tension that he felt tightening at the base of his neck


    19. Danton’s shoulders twitched as he tried to alleviate the tension that he could now feel biting deeply into the base of his neck


    20. the tension of surface waters, foam flecked, where only

    21. The regular practice of the Headstand helps to relieve insomnia, tension, nervousness and anxiety, poor circulation of the blood, asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, hay fever, headaches, female disorders, and lack of energy


    22. Your new calmness of mind will make it unnecessary for you to turn to food for comfort or as a means of relieving tension or boredom


    23. We were just touching knees, waiting for someone to come and break the tension so we could carry on to Sophia


    24. Eyestrain is a very common ailment suffered by those who live in a state of nervous tension because slight defects of the eyes, normally tolerated by a calmer person, becomes aggravated in nervous people


    25. Not only will it help you to sleep but it is unlikely that you wilt wake up with that morning headache which goes hand in glove with tension and eyestrain


    26. Palming the Eyes is a simple exercise but perhaps it is the most valuable of all in the relief of eyestrain for, as I said at the beginning of this chapter, one of the primary causes of eyestrain is tension


    27. The ease of tension was momentary again but a huge gain


    28. I closed the door on her and pulled down my pants to relieve months of tension


    29. It is in situations like this that small talk is an invaluable resource that can be used to eliminate the tension between you and someone you


    30. confidence is something that can cause tension and awkwardness between you and a potential

    31. could feel the tension and the heat in the mean city streets and he


    32. So far peace was holding among the parties at Alpha Centauri, but he knew there was a lot of tension


    33. A scratching at the door broke the tension in the room


    34. “Any boyfriends?” I asked and the tension increased a notch or two


    35. Dave drives on in silence for some minutes as the tension builds between us


    36. “At times when I’m here, I can’t help but think that there’s too much tension around the house


    37. “His mother is excited also, and that’s where the problem and tension are coming from


    38. Gradually, I feel the tension loosen in his shoulders


    39. The release of tension in his shoulders is patently visible


    40. there is tension in the air

    41. Both men are sweating with tension


    42. The tension between them is not as acute as it was when Helen first emerged from the lower barn, the packing has helped, but there is still an sliver of ice to melt


    43. certain amount of tension with some groups in this country in the


    44. “As you can imagine, this was a time of heightened tension in


    45. I think there was tension because of it


    46. All I have to go on is that Hyondahi and Himla go way back, and that there was a very great tension between them at that time


    47. Davie is getting agitated, is starting to feel the flush of tension that always comes when he can sense that his brother and his employer need some heads cracking open


    48. Jean felt the tension in the room suddenly tighten


    49. thick with tension as Jean uttered these words


    50. the stifling air and tension inside














































    1. Flesh’ailer stood to, now with his father’s sword, not taking his eyes off of the swaying serpent, whilst Saldon tensioned his bowstring and replaced the quarrel


    2. The delicately tensioned cords of Bart’s psyche had begun to fray


    3. Incredibly the custom made wheels had turned up at literally at the eleventh, well, twelfth hour actually but even though the Swiss-made Sun rims and forty-eight DT spokes made the wheels almost indestructible (we hoped), this would only be the case as long as each one was tensioned properly, and we didn’t crash more than once in every twenty-four hours


    4. The curve 1 indicates the value of F when the ball stops at the string area and the curve 2 indicates the value of F when the elastically tensioned


    5. Again, we will use the compression of a tensioned linear (coil) spring


    6. The friction force (moment) is controlled by means of the spring force acting on the brake pad, the spring being tensioned or loosened by means of a screw


    7. She learned to build baited traps of vine and tensioned sapwood, but more than that she loved to pursue her prey on foot, so that she might physically wrestle it to the ground, reveling in the fear of the frantically struggling beast, relishing the stilling of its pounding heart and the taste of its blood still warm


    8. Instead of being a straight line, roll casts use a tensioned curved loop of line called a “D” loop, but the three casting rules still apply


    9. There was a heavy tensioned moment, as muscles leapt and ticked all across Elon’s face in a fashion that would have intimidated any other man on the planet, but to which Harold simply smiled back in return and said, “You should not refuse a gift that is freely given, as it denies the giver the blessing that is due him for having given something of value


    1. knitting and tensioning (when knitted st


    2. Assistant pul s by hands, providing even tensioning of the back


    1. Over the years between then and the optimistic golfer, tensions have risen high


    2. warmth of the small fire helped to ease the tensions


    3. tensions and excitements of the times gave rise to plenty of


    4. A person obsessed with the vindication of insanely held ideas or prejudices will often select the convenient surrogate for venting their tensions of the built up frustration


    5. Helen is sitting on the edge of one of the camp beds, letting the tensions of the last couple of hours dissipate


    6. tensions a little, but I could still see a healthy scepticism


    7. Resolve tensions by taking unexpected happenings in stride, rather than being angry and placing blame


    8. Tensions were heightened as the Russian


    9. Tensions, questions and debris disappeared into the hug-pit that appears when two lovers


    10. All the tensions and worries she had suffered since leaving Brockenhurst Forest had built into an hysterical outburst that she could not control

    11. Existing political tensions transcending the boundaries of American Society have steadily undermined America‘s fragile alliance with Europe in recent years


    12. And when she finally came with a muted scream, the tensions that had built until she thought she might burst, dissipated as wave after wave rippled through her muscles


    13. Tensions rose and rivalry could be seen on the faces of these mates who had been backpacking together


    14. It seems to reflect anew, the tensions between “herding” and “settled” peoples as suggested in the parable story of “Cain and Abel” in chapter 9 of this book


    15. was full of tensions and tribulations


    16. Being in a crowded environment was not to mend any tensions that the two


    17. authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and


    18. he would please let the family know this in order to keep tensions down


    19. Several of the chapters herein describe these years — first in rural Ontario during World War II, then rural Québec as English-French tensions turned ugly (made worse by her parents’ hostility toward the surrounding Québecois culture)


    20. Pre-existing internal tensions were exacerbated by debates over the party’s attitude towards American involvement in the war, followed by debates over whether

    21. function to try an address the growing tensions of


    22. other than the perceived need to relieve bodily tensions


    23. However, this oppression was not in vain, since the conflicts generated by these tensions provide the necessary preconditions for the endpoint of the eventual utopia


    24. living will help to ease tensions in the home, in a thousand ways


    25. that he had tensions of his own to deal with, and that he would


    26. At social gatherings tensions imagined themselves; there was always last month’s gala he preferred to sound like an idealist


    27. He explained that its main purpose was to remove tensions and symptoms of anxiety in patients who were suffering from the effects of difficult pregnancies and other related conditions


    28. Balik had commented t’ us about the tensions between the two ports


    29. ” That released all tensions


    30. wild fire and bursting tensions that tightened then released in his

    31. His bed was unmade and smelled unclean, so we settled for the equally comfortable guestroom and relieved all the tensions the spa hadn"t reached


    32. know about the growing tensions in the South Pacific, otherwise no planes would be flying at all


    33. escalation of tensions, until war or some other catastrophe would be inevitable


    34. ‘But you guys have none of those tensions I suppose,’ Peteru asked


    35. An hour later, bellies full, they relaxed around the pool in the warm shade and, for the first time in three days let all tensions go


    36. The headmaster’s tensions had clawed their way back


    37. The bus was late and Bart’s tensions mounted


    38. After two hours of my flabby nephew’s know-it-all, complacent certainties I was left wondering why, having enjoyed years of freedom from family tensions, I had finally accepted the annual Christmas invitation


    39. Sometimes tensions in such a crowded household would spill over into arguments


    40. The British government imposed direct rule in the North and tensions had never been higher

    41. She had to be the sensible one and it led to tensions between them at times


    42. learning to be a woman, either or both may manifest tensions and fear in their bodies


    43. Then we wonder why our relationships can be so full of tensions and problems


    44. A long, hot bath helped to ease her bodily tensions and she emerged with nothing but a towel to discover the Russian spread across her bed attired in only a robe


    45. surface of racial tensions and prejudices? Have they


    46. While opening fire could not legally be justified at this point, tensions had clearly escalated


    47. through which tensions and conflicts can be resolved in


    48. conventions and I know the tensions are bound to arise this


    49. As final exams loomed ahead, tensions increased to the point that everyone found keeping their own company safer than being around their friends


    50. “We have three times as many women as men in the population on-board We are already seeing tensions this is causing












































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    Synonyms for "tension"

    tension latent hostility stress tenseness tautness tensity force tightness pressure strain unease

    "tension" definitions

    (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense


    the physical condition of being stretched or strained


    a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)


    (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body


    feelings of hostility that are not manifest


    the action of stretching something tight