Ever since I left Romania for exile in 1986, my returns have been rare and tense.

I hope that this or some other tense situation will not be used for provocation from some other side.

The situation in the area remains tense.

However, I believe that the tense public discourse and ongoing protests echo a political, economic, social and cultural pressure cooker.

All of this worsens an already tense situation.

In summary, the overall security situation remains tense.

As a result, relations among regional actors remain tense.

The mood amongst supporters of the revolution is tense.

WARSAW It was a hot day and a tense moment.

The situation is tense across the country and also online.

Millions of Bangladeshis are going through tense days and nights.

The relationship between Finland and the Soviet Union was tense.

Despite these improvements, the situation remains tense in many places.

The situation in North and South Kivu remains very tense.

As noted above, the security situation in the UNMIS area of responsibility during the past three months remained tense, particularly in Sector I (Juba).

Since then, the Shab'a farms area has been tense but quiet.

It's around midnight in Cairo. Evan Hill ( evanchill) tweets Atmosphere is tense .

Relations between the United States and Iraq remained tense following the Gulf War.

All federations have experienced periods of tense relations between the federal and state governments.

In many tense situations, one does not need Blue Helmets one needs effective policing.

The situation along the Blue Line was tense but stable during the reporting period.

Voters were able to exercise their franchise freely, despite a tense pre election period.

They were more often in moods that they described as hostile, angry, anxious, and tense.

The delay has contributed to a tense situation in this vital area of the country.

It will be prolonged and occasionally very tense, but eventually result in appreciation of the renminbi.

The Kremlin s handling of the affair is indicative of the tense state of US Russia relations.

An historical ending to a tense electoral period took place in Senegal on March 25, 2012.

It works best by acting calm and at ease when your enemy expects you to be tense.

For example, if haxored is the past tense of the verb to hack (hack haxor haxored), then winzored would be easily understood to be the past tense conjugation of to win, even if the reader had not seen that particular word before.

The situation has become quite tense, with talk of currency wars and a real risk of financial protectionism.

The tense relationship between the incumbent Arab regimes and political Islam is not necessarily a zero sum game.

The tense situation in the republic led to the cancellation of the election results by the Supreme Court.

The political atmosphere during the campaign for the presidential run off election was generally peaceful, but somewhat tense.

The tense situation within Geneina itself warranted a reduction of non essential United Nations personnel on 12 October.

But when it comes down to me, right now, to all the beliefs I hold, here in the present tense, suddenly all of this abstract appreciation of fallibility goes out the window and I can't actually think of anything I'm wrong about.

Richard Pyle When you start talking like Donald Duck, there's no situation in the world that can seem tense.

By 2006, distrust of Americans, British, and French had reached 90 , and attitudes toward Iraq s neighbors were also tense.

Whether or not their relationship is in fact neighborly, rather than tense and confrontational, is of critical importance to both.

China s role in restraining North Korea s nuclear ambitions and its tense relations with Japan are an additional burden on ties.

Relationships with Turkey are tense, largely because of the Kurdistan Regional Government, as clashes between Turkey and the PKK continue.

Therefore, poor children also have more tense relationships which sometimes results in abnormal behavior, acting out, or other unexplained behaviors.

We desperately need to be going in the other direction and lowering the temperature during this tense time for the region.

By the time the funeral of Mr. Garang was held in Juba on 6 August, the tense atmosphere had dissipated somewhat.

Most people, when this subject is brought up, get tense and resist it Art doesn't feed me, and right now I'm busy.

In Egypt, the tense, polarized environment following the military s overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi has created the real possibility of civil conflict.