Word info

sexual tension

Noun

Meaning

sexual tension (countable and uncountable, plural sexual tensions)

(idiomatic) Libidinal unrest arising between individuals when exposed to one another.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I like thought which preserves a whiff of flesh and blood, and I prefer a thousand times an idea rising from sexual tension or nervous depression to empty abstraction. Emil Cioran

I'm as anxious as any viewer would be to see what Temple is going to do next. All I know is that in the second half of the season, he's going to have more sexual tension developing. And it's a great cast - they're all Broadway actors except for me. I aspire to that. Sean Patrick Thomas

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