tensed
Adjective Satellite
Meaning
having inflections to indicate tense
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Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student.
When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into a room. Entering her.
Ambassador Winters, allow me to introduce my aunt Abby and her....boyfriend.' Townsed tensed. Abby glared. And Rebecca Baxter looked like she was going to choke on her chewing gum.
After a tensed moment, Big Brother called in each housemate seated at the lounge into the diary room to vote for a possible eviction of the four housemates voted for by the public.
As though trying to mentally negotiate with the pain had ever worked before, I tensed up through shakily drawn breaths, my fists balled tightly in resistance, and braced for the impending impact.
If the arm is tensed, maximum punching speed cannot be achieved as the biceps will be opposing the extension of the arm.