(1) Start to tense the muscles and then completely relax them.

(2) It's a superb film that's tense and riveting.

(3) The silence was an intangible tense feeling in the air.

(4) She'd taken a long, hot shower and even that had failed to relax her tense muscles.

(5) To exercise the muscles, tense them tightly for as long as you can, then relax them to their normal position.

(6) I really need to sleep and I'm too tense to relax.

(7) His fingers kneaded the tense muscles of her shoulders but it did very little to relax her.

(8) The man did not extend his hand, but his tense posture relaxed noticeably.

(9) I breathed out deeply and tried to relax my tense muscles.

(10) She ran her hands along Elisa's shoulders, smoothing her tense muscles.

(11) He was still tense and agitated, and the view did nothing to calm him down.

(12) This move relaxes tense muscles all along your spine.

(13) The province was increasingly tense in recent weeks.

(14) At first he was tense and then he relaxed.

(15) At that very second the atmosphere was tense but electric.

(16) He was not feverish, but his muscles were tense .

(17) Feeling more and more tense and unable to sleep, he was prescribed drugs.

(18) My muscles were tense from the unusual exertion, and my body was still exhausted.

(19) We all waited in tense excitement.

(20) The film that creates such an atmosphere of despair that I begin to tense up and get nervous.