tense situation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftenseandsituation
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tense
adjective
uk/tens/us/tens/
nervous and worried and unable ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition oftenseandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftense situation
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Even in a verytensesituation, external observation can open up some space for the opposition to campaign and win seats.
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Thistensesituationfurther deteriorated as the local administration tended to divert, for the needs of 'its own people', the meagre funds allotted for the 'installation' of the deportees.
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I respectfully suggest to him that comparisons between that incrediblytensesituationand what is happening now are overblown hoo-hah.
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If it were not, we should not be having constant debates and what is regarded by everybody as atensesituation.
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I do not want to reopen thattensesituation.
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I consider it an absolute priority in thistensesituationfor both sides to denounce physical force and to prevent further losses of life.
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It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the supplies were intended to aggravate the alreadytensesituationon the frontier.
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There appears to be ground for hoping that a revival of the formertensesituationwill be avoided.
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It is the question of the 6,000 which has brought about thetensesituation, and that is what we are discussing.
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Second, is he satisfied that the amount of leave, in such atensesituation, is sufficient for our troops?
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That is of great value in the presenttensesituation.
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In atensesituationof this sort, one must be rigidly careful to be accurate in what one says.
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There is atensesituation, but let us not fan the flames.
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They are concerned, necessarily, in atensesituationwith keeping their own end in order.
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Unemployment could create a verytensesituation.
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A person could spend as long as 18 months in thattensesituation, never knowing when the phone will ring and whether they can book a holiday.
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This is a verytensesituation.
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There is still a verytensesituation.
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It is an undue and unnecessary source of hardship if a person, who is already in atensesituationis kept waititng six months for a decision.
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He remains refined even in a quarrel, diffusing anytensesituationwith a soft touch.
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