How To Use Tension In A Sentence

In order to prevent the pipe buckling at the sagbend a horizontal tension was applied to the pipe by tensioners situated on the deck of the vessel.
And there are a lot of so-called federalists, people who are just generally opposed to the extension of federal power and who object, who say look, this is the same thing that we objected to when liberals did it. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2005
A couple of examples from my own experience at FDA with the review of biopharmaceuticals will illustrate the tension between the regulatory culture and innovation.
The shooting inflamed ethnic tensions.
The main superstructure frame is formed from reinforced concrete with post-tensioned, ribbed slab floors.

Station improvements are being considered for Shenfield while Gidea Park, Harold Wood and Brentwood are in line for platform extensions and station revamps.
The couples agreed on a discreet slate-tiled mansard roof extension that gave each house an additional 30sq m of floor space. Times, Sunday Times
Overextension in the lower back results in this 'duck-like' posture. Times, Sunday Times
The attractive forces between molecules in a liquid are called surface tension forces and are what hold the liquid together.
The Orangery restaurant is not as gorgeous as the rest of the house, partly because it is in a modern extension, but mainly because it is unattractively lit.
Although tensions existed between the army and the group, the president defused them by playing the politics of tribalism and regionalism, often targeting northerners as the source of the nation's problems.
The cathedral is the former Perpendicular parish church, reconstructed in 1880, with further extensions completed in 1966.
The same mythologem is also active in Dylan's opus, where - with the inclusion of the deepest part of the psyche - came to the repetition and extension of the transformation process, explicitly expressed in Dylan's song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" from 1966: Expecting Rain
The efforts of the Emperor Franz Joseph and the ruling elite to divert attention from their country's increasingly threadbare imperial pretensions furnished Musil with comic material galore.
Lawrence Pietroni has created two uniquely alluring charactersRuby and Isaand spins a story that feels mythical or folkloric, that is driven by a mystery, throbs with tension, and ends in conflagration. Ruby's Spoon: Summary and book reviews of Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni.
In its favour, there is some genuine tension in the car chase sequences, and the marauding gangs of children seem not only authentic but realistically threatening.
Science finds that a surface tension on the water can draw the boats together, like toy boats in a bathtub.
In fact what we have been witnessing in recent times is an extension of the state sector under the cloak of trying to ensure proper economic competition.
As I understand it, no one took issue with our lateness, and we did put on an application for extension of time in the second one, as I understand it.
The tension has been telling on both sides as campaign strategists struggle to identify potential winning themes, not to mention winning voters, in their headlong sprint to the finish.
It appears that the function of the interspinous ligament may be to maintain the tension in the thoraco-lumbar fascia.
It's not exactly simple, but it has no pretensions to art either.
There were tensions between tradition and Christianity, but there were also compromises and accommodations, a fusion of cultures.
There was no extension into the endometrial cavity, nor into the pelvic peritoneum.
The plagues of aggressive nationalism, racism, chauvinism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and ethnic tension are still widespread.
Begin the meeting on time-or if possible sightly early - this will minimize chair squirming and lessen any build up of tension. Heads up staffers, tips to avoid a Health Care "Town Hell" (Blog for Democracy)
That put the pressure firmly on Best Mate's shoulders with the tension in the crowd palpable as the horses cantered down to the start.
Many universities in the United States have agriculture extension service that provides information and advice.
An extension of this may occur when the victim actually, becomes a supporter or advocate of her captor.
Important negative prognostic factors in both conditions include patients older than 65 years, hypotension, and coma.
Despite going to sea on a boat with no windows, no fantail, no helipad or even a hatch to allow in some tension-breaking fresh salt air, submariners are still sailors at heart.
In October, the retailer said it would shut 21% of its namesake North American stores over the next two years, coming to terms with the overextension of its store network before the recession and predictions that U.S. growth will be slow. Gap's Profit Falls 36%
He wanted to restore the elegant dovecote, which has 880 nesting boxes in 16 tiers, and turn it into a versatile glass-and-steel living space with a glazed extension, without losing the integrity of the original building.
One outstanding feature of this ecoregion is the presence of coral reefs, one of the largest and best preserved in the western Caribbean Sea, considered a part or an extension of the great belicean reef, very outstanding in terms of marine biodiversity. Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests
The authors conclude that spondylolysis is mainly the fatigue fracture due to locally increased stress and is contributing most by backward extension of lumbar spine.
We analyzed more than 3000 infrared thermograms acquired from 1256 admitted patients and developed a thermo-visual diagnostic method for estimating the severity of intracranial hypertension.
The extension of the method to aggregate data on nation states will certainly follow, but will involve more complicated techniques.
This society lacks structural tension. "liminal" and "anti-structure" are absent here.
The NE extensional structures style and NW transverse accommodation zone form structural framework of this region.
Pro - alert effect of hs - CRP and ACA - IgG will be mattered to hypertension.
They are also quite preternaturally ugly, bringing a rude abbreviation to the extension of the leg and drawing attention to the unbeautiful formlessness of the shoe, and the cheapness of its material and fabrication.
It's even better when the story is riveting from the get-go and manages to ramp up the tension with each chapter. My Five: Books on my Unofficial Summer Reading List
The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class.
This was in the aftermath of the arrival of proper University extension classes established by the 1902 Education Act.
At present the apportionment is as follows: Church extension, 10 per cent; annual conferences, 36 per cent; and the financial Religious Bodies: 1906
Post exam week tension is beginning to go away, but not the muscular pain from footy, and work is starting to pile up again.
Each apnoeic event per hour of sleep added about 1% to the risk of having hypertension.
Mao led the Cultural Revolution Authority in stirring up more animosity by calling the factional fighting “an extension of the struggle between the Communists and the Kuomintang”—without specifying which group was which. Wild Swans
Posterior elbow pain in the setting of repetitive elbow extension suggests the diagnosis of triceps tendinosis.
Among the projects that will be jumpstarted with this new funding are the Midtown Tunnel tube in Norfolk, the extension of HOV/HOT Lanes on I95/395 and the widening of I-66 in Northern Virginia, work on the Coalfields Expressway in Southwest Virginia, and the widening and improving of multiple sections of Route 58 in southern and western Virginia. UPDATED: Key Democratic panel approves McDonnell's transportation plan
Inmates feel isolated and are already overburdened by the tension of courts and hearings.
Tension gives the thin strips their form and causes them to retain their locations on the cylindrical concrete columns that support the parking slab and roof.
Watching the boy toss, turn and slip in and out of a light doze, Laras wondered if he wasn't somehow picking up on his father's tension and frustration in some subtle way.
The variation is required to meet the difficulty occasioned by the tension of the nitric acid and products of deoxidation. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
Clearly the whole game has a dimension of linear extension which enables a continual process of growth in recognition.
With this technology, theorists can distinguish the values of the two descriptions above, since they are structures with different components (cf. Carnap's [1947] notion of intensional isomorphism). Names
In abdominal disease the symptom is particularly associated with rapid enlargement of an encapsulated organ or distension of a hollow viscus.
The water going down your plughole, the planets going around the sun, the electrons spinning around a nucleus, they all reflect the same dynamic tension between opposing forces.
As such, offering managed telephony services is a natural extension of their business model.
Her fingers dug expertly into the knotted muscles of my shoulders, pummelled my back, massaged the tension out of my neck.
Initiate internal procedure to ensure the change, extension or termination of employment contract.
Modeled after British roadsters, the Miata MX - 5 is less about muscle than about being a quick and nimble extension of you.
Nor did it prohibit the commercial sale of other items used for sexual gratification, such as ribbed condoms or vibrators that were primarily intended to relieve muscle tension but could also be adapted for sexual purposes.
He was totally without ostentation or pretension and totally disinterested in wealth, honours or managerial power.
On the other hand, it is very probable that this subcaudal extension of the fins is merely a result of the posterior extension and enlargement of these fins which has taken place in the evolution of the adaptation. Hormones and Heredity
Yet, more serious is the blunder in his statement "the Finzi-Continis moved out of society altogether and began to cultivate what B's father sees as absurd pretensions to nobility (the name Finzi-Contini in Italian actually suggests 'fake little counts'). Bassani's Father
So, tomorrow's project is to remember where that tensioner is, but not right now, because d's sleeping the sleep of the recently-returned-from-Germany. Who Ya Gonna Call?
The metal's surface tension is great enough to permit a steel needle to be floated on its surface.
We're having a small, flat roof added as part of our loft extension.
Walking and swimming are excellent for releasing tension.
To the undiscerning eye, this place might seem to have a serenely majestic air, but Harun can feel the underlying tension with every step.
Raw milk proponents take cause to capitols, courtrooms as public health officials warn of risk risks of raw milk is spilling into statehouses and courtrooms across the country as proponents of unpasteurized PAU kisan melas to be held in March Dr M S Gill, Director of Extension University, said the university is creating awareness about the need to WN.com - Articles related to Report Claims Flowers Lose Aroma Due To Climate Change
The nurse who had just walked in to access the equipment room adjacent to the waiting room sensed the tension.
Grinding of the teeth and clenching of the jaws during sleep, otherwise known as bruxism, is a common condition for adults who want to release tension. Article Ace
At the end of that period I had recovered, and all that remained from the effects of the bowstring was a slight wrinkling of the skin from distension, and the deep blue mark round my neck which I have just shown to your highness. The Pacha of Many Tales
The tension in the Far East is building up again.
The majority of these were minor, usually vasovagal effects including hypotension and fainting, hypertension, and tachycardia.
Being a conservative talk show host is a logical extension of his upbringing, notes Pendleton.
It had been a cold smile and a cold extension o f the hand, but as he took it he had felt blessed. IN LOVE AND WAR
A tautly told tale of psychological tension and chilling moral complexity, The Last Secret accelerates to a shattering conclusion as it explores the irreparable consequences of one family's crimes of the heart. The Last Secret: Summary and book reviews of The Last Secret by Mary McGarry Morris.
His winning design for the £200m extension features a sliced tomato, the flesh radiating from the centre.
Okay, who thinks the food is delicious and a little pretension never hurt anyone?
The difference between sex and love is that sex relieves tension and love causes it. Woody Allen
A left nephrectomy was performed with the clinical diagnosis of a primary renal tumor due to the absence of any other masses in the extension study.
The other complicating factor is the hyperextension of his hip joints. Times, Sunday Times
Correct breathing helps to clear the mind and reduce tension.
Karen Waite, MS, equine specialist with MSU Extension added "If you have a horse and are unsure of its vaccination history, you should revaccinate them to be sure they are protected. TheHorse.com News
The tension in the Far East is building up again.
There is an application for extension of time which I understand is not opposed.
Literature is an easy, affordable, multidimensional, cross-curricular way to both educate teens about the world and allow them to learn about themselves and their pretensions in a safe and productive way.
The extrinsic muscles of the larynx control the degree of tension on the vocal cords, and the intrinsic muscles regulate the glottis.
During the meeting, the board gave the president a two-year contract extension and a raise.
The logic of assertoric sentences (Åukasiewicz also considered its modal extension) has the following form. Lvov-Warsaw School
The aim of the scheme is to return the cathedral to how it was hundreds of years ago and the application is for a two-storey hostry extension to provide an entrance hall, education room, community room, song school, music library, vestries, chair store and toilets. Norwich Cathedral
The bicycle ergometer was set at a minimal tension level and had a built-in measure of distance that was calibrated for accuracy.
Miranda and her two friends struggle not only with the trials of this new world, but with the tension between their old New Jersey identities and their “real” Roumanian identities. Book Review: The Tourmaline, by Paul Park | Mind on Fire
In this way heart rate, respiration rate, oxygen consumption, and muscle tension all reduce without conscious effort.
An extension in opening times will increase the pressure to intolerable levels.
A cannibal is a "gastronome of the old school"; longevity is the "uncommon extension of the fear of death. Lacerating Wit, Seasoned Cynic
Golden State's Thompson stoked the tensions before the series when he accused the Clippers' player of flopping.
US-Soviet tensions reached new heights because of Berlin and the shooting-down of an American U-2 espionage aircraft over Soviet territory. The Nobel Peace Prize: Revelations from the Soviet Past
It is as well to bear in mind that laughter is a great releaser of tension.
So, the tension is in the past and the sexual curiosity was appeased.
We've applied for planning permission to build an extension to the house.
The tip extension would be split into sections lined with clay but Yorkshire Water is concerned contamination may leak out into nearby public water supply boreholes.
The elbow joint is very stable and is limited to flexion and extension.
Regardless, physical extension seems nothing more than a relational property as well: the quality of extension in space is not possible without relations amongst constituent parts.
She found a subfile listed as Genetic Extensions and clicked on it, reading quickly. SILENT TRUTH
Doctors said that both women were suffering from tension and mental agony, but were physically fine.
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On arriving in the troubled area, dark clouds and intense humidity increased the sense of tension in the area.
It was the long wait for nightfall that built up the tension. Bomber
Tsimbls used to be strung with thinner strings and less tension, in contrast to the Hungarian-Romanian cymbaloms of today, which use piano wire strung with a barbaric tension of 40-50 kilos per string.
These political developments should be seen against a background of increasing East-West tension.
We do not believe this extension would prejudice the state in any way in light of the Florida Supreme Court's opinion.
The term actus, therefore, has a much greater extension than act or operation. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
The two groups will meet next week to try to defuse the crisis/situation/tension.
This little extension gives you the ability to plug it in regardless of the USB landscape you are dealing with.
Pain is often localised, is worse with extension and rotation, and may be troublesome at night.
The poet was careful to distance himself from the political tensions of his native country.
Schools that have a diverse student body are likely to experience interethnic tensions.
Whatever tensions that exist within Uzbek culture -- between Russians and Uzbeks, between Uzbeks and A Conversation with Tom Bissell
As molecular _vis viva_ the waves disappear, but in so doing they re-endow the atoms of oxygen and hydrogen with tension. Fragments of science, V. 1-2
A general equation for determining the neutral axis in partially prestressed concrete T or I Section beams with tension and compression reinforcement is presented in this paper.
Many Filipinos see the bases as an extension of American colonial rule.
After 45 mins hemorrhagic hypotension and a blood loss equal to 40\% of the initial blood volume, the animals receiving the hyperosmolar infusions had a better cardiovascular status compared to those which received the iso-osmolar infusions. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
There's an enormous tension between indolence and languor.
With the participants in a supine position, we tested internal and external rotation, flexion, and extension of the hips.
I suffer frequently from indigestion, incomplete evacuation, passing hard, foul-smelling stools and gaseous distension.
The El Pueblo gift store is an extension of these organizations' commitment to fostering understanding and appreciation for cultural diversity.
Treatment with naloxone is controversial and has been reported to cause hypertension. 3-5 However, transient hypertension can be seen from clonidine alone. Clonidine Overdose in Children
As King said, "We must see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood. John W. Whitehead: The 2010 Elections: Full of Sound and Fury, and Signifying Nothing
Three more common conditions associated with altered autonomic function include neurogenic essential hypertension, psychogenic ischemic heart disease, and congestive heart failure.
Racial tension has been running high at the University of the Free State where a strong police presence was maintained during intervarsity. News24 Top Stories
There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.
These political developments should be seen against a background of increasing East-West tension.
Forwarding residential extension applications of foreign employees working at the park enterprises competent authorities for approvals.
An extension was built at the back with a lift to the fourth floor.
They had built on a large extension at the back of the house.
They also protect against hyperextension, which is a common cause of major knee ligament injuries. How To Buy & Sell just about Everything
The province was attacked a month ago after weeks of simmering tension.
Each kit comprises a cistern dam and a ball arm extension. 1 Lift off the cistern lid.
They suffered from nervous tension when the signal was shown on a radarscope.
There's been a bit of tension at the office lately.
In addition, a thin layer of liquid lining the alveoli exerts surface tension, tending to collapse the lungs, although this surface tension is greatly decreased by the presence of surfactant.
In the 1830s this provoked significant tension between antislavery parliamentarians and activists in the country.
He will appeal to the state for an extension of unemployment benefits.
She unrolled the cloth, laid it on the floor, and, after a few seconds 'study, selected a pick and a tensioner. The Empress File
This isostatic rebound causes vertical uplift and the tensional forces due to the movement of the crust creates normal and graben faults. Mountain
Subsequent melting of mica pyroxenite may produce potassic magmas as a result of orogenic or extensional, thermal or bark triggers.
Other recalled drugs included hypertension pills amlodipine and doxazosin and pain-reliever naproxen. U.K. Issues Recall Of Various Generics
My extension is two four double 0 .
An additional benefit is the relief of stress and tension.
Sometimes a little lie helps to strengthen relationships, or to avoid unnecessary conflicts and tensions. Sometimes omitting certain truth serves to protect ourselves and others. Dr T.P.Chia
Thus they became, in effect, extensions of the host itself - as indispensable as a vital organ.
Although the mechanisms which permit modification of behavior are inherited, learned behavior does not emerge from, and is not an extension of, the unlearned behavior of the individual.
• Extensions and splash pads were placed on eavestrough downspouts. Canadian Underwriter : Headline News
Reserpine was used in the past as an antihypertensive, and may cause hypotension.
Moreover, beginning in 1991, tensions between Afars and the Issa-dominated government resulted in an Afar rebellion.
Much of the work relates to house extensions and conversions where applications have increased by 40 per cent.
An extension of this may occur when the victim actually, becomes a supporter or advocate of her captor.
The paper focuses on development of receiver, interface extension and the display console.
Modi is helped in his ambition by the general atmosphere of civilizational tension. India’s New Face
Asean finance ministers vow to avoid overheating, but remain mute on yuan ASEAN finance ministers have vowed to co-ordinate policies to avoid economic overheating in the fast-growing region, following a semi-annual gathering dominated political tension in Thailand and the avoidance of any criticism of China's currency management. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
We elaborate on these extensions by also considering, where appropriate, assessment and treatment implications for depressed individuals.
To believe that its catalog is merely a backward extension of Farrar's solo career is to sorely underestimate the essentialness of the three other musicians who made up the band.
The syncopations available through this electro-extension were captivating, though Kim's performance was unfortunately marred by the multiple technical failures.
It's the electromagnetic tension field, not the power that stand for the interdimensional interaction.
Debbie states that, for many professional men, waxing is an extension of regular treatments like manicures and massages.
The plagues of aggressive nationalism, racism, chauvinism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and ethnic tension are still widespread.
Furthermore, there is an emerging tension between professional aspirations and managerial imperatives.
The water going down your plughole, the planets going around the sun, the electrons spinning around a nucleus, they all reflect the same dynamic tension between opposing forces.
The lack of opportunities for the higher education of women led to the founding of the university extension movement.
Similarly, the opportunity should be grasped to ease internal tensions.
She spun away from the mirror and hurried downstairs, forcing the curling tension aside.
The switchboard operator rang an extension.
All forms of hypertension can constrict the blood vessels in the uterus that supply the fetus with oxygen and nutrients.
The sample traces (a, b) are representative of the diurnal pattern of leaf extension rate for each species.
A droplet of water splattered on an extension in the wall to his left, the drop splattering on his cheek.
Muscle bulk, tone and strength were normal, but she displayed decreased range of motion in internal and external rotation, flexion and extension of both shoulders.
Walking is excellent for working off tension.
Extensions are also a good idea but this tends to be much more involved than simply converting a loft of tacking on a conservatory to the side of your house.
Behold the mountain rillet, become a brook, become a torrent, how it inarms a handsome boulder: yet if the stone will not go with it, on it hurries, pursuing self in extension, down to where perchance a dam has been raised of a sufficient depth to enfold and keep it from inordinate restlessness. The Egoist
It deals with the tensions of the 21st century city in the context of these pervading, seductive, Old World instincts.
It's about fatism and prejuidice, it's about self-love and health, it's about self-hate and jealousy -- but it's got just enough sexual tension and puppy love to make watching it a real joy. Sunny Gold: Between Body Image and Health: Having a Conversation About Fat
They always seem to focus on surprise and juxtaposition, or tension relief, or catharsis, or something.
This show is a study in how to create fear and tension with nothing but music.
The aircraft's fixed-wing profile with large wing leading edge root extensions gives good manoeuvrability and control at subsonic speed including manoeuvres at high angles of attack.
Sure, some innocent, and I use the term innocent loosely because it would be hard for a priest to be innocent in that environment of poverty, occassionly get shot unintensionly. The Black Fist Calls For Peace
He also describes cold shivering, increased muscle tension, and a delicious taste, and he swallows repeatedly.
The architect's brief was to design an extension which would harmonize as much as possible with the existing building.
You can edit each type of resource by using a default editor associated with its file name extension.
I notice his erect bearing, his poker face, only his moving cheek muscles betray that this man is under great tension.
But tension starting to drain out of whole thing.
Every university should have an extension department to promote students' participation in community-based activities.
Keep them aligned over the second toe of each foot to maintain the proper balance of tension between your adductors and abductors.
Also the previously named Burren Road which extends from Burren Church to the waterworks has been renamed as an extension of the Donaghaguy Road.
The background score, though overdone, heightens the tension and is perfect for the mood of the film.
There is a specific and much researched way to go about constructing the base, extensions, and cantilevers of any and every scaffold.
The field evidence includes the presence of several longitudinal extensional folds such as a rollover anticline and drag folds that are related to normal faults in the area.

How To Use Tension In A Sentence

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