For several tense minutes, the astronauts of Gemini Six were sitting on top of a highly explosive mass of rocket fuel.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

His eye met hers as she sat there, paler and whiter than anyone in the large ocean of tense faces around her.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

The Hurt Locker" is a tense and exciting movie about a group of American soldiers in Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

So you would say in the past tense "I lay on the bed because I was tired."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But the crew avoided capture by hiding in places like the engine room for many tense hours.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

It called for another national boycott against grape growers as relations again became tense.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

Plays about rulers like Henry the Fourth and Richard the Third explore Britain's history during a time when the country was going through tense political struggles.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

The situation grew increasingly tense as more United States warships entered the area.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

He saw little progress. Relations between the United States and Spain became tense.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

The situation became tense when gold was discovered in the disputed area.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

One is "The Hurt Locker." It is a tense and exciting movie about American soldiers in Iraq whose job is to find and safely destroy hidden explosive devices.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

But after a tense minute, Bill beat the snake until it surrendered.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

The eighteen fifties were an increasingly tense time in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Then his quick and tense look asked the question: "Which?"

VOA: special.2009.04.18

There is a tense movie about the war in Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

The tense music expresses the restlessness of the sea.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

They spent eleven tense minutes in the capsule.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

But she was clearly tense as Cazeau arrived.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

The situation seemed very tense and dangerous.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Their relationship is sometimes tense.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

South Korea's Wi says even a satellite launch is troubling, in the tense context of the North's weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01