tensen
verbEtymology From tense + -en.
1
To become tense or more tense.
- At first he was shocked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke.2013, Megan Bond, Devil's Kiss, page 62:
- A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face.2015, Olga Hoekstra, Angel's Blood:
1 more example
- I realized, suddenly, that I had been tensening with a steady, burning frustration.2019, Lawrence Lariar, Win, Place, and Die!:
- Derived terms
- tensening