| If he had come across it in a play, he would have watched it with the tensest diligence. |
| In moments of tensest feeling great speakers skilfully move from any one position or attitude to another as Patrick Henry did. |
| She had followed him with tensest interest, and indignation's flame in cheek and eye had grown higher and higher. |
| Through the swiftest, tensest week in history Europe capsized into war. |
| He managed to emphasise his optimism and his elegance in managing power, his talent for relaxing the tensest of atmospheres. |
| Cue some of TV's tensest scenes and phenomenal acting that makes most current dramas look like an episode of Crossroads. |
