The therapist observed several tensings in the patient's shoulder muscles during the session.

She felt her muscles tensing as the deadline approached.

The tensing of the rope before the performance ensured the banner hung straight.

When learning grammar, students often confuse present tenses with other verb forms, so clear explanations help.

In the language class, we compared different past tenses to understand how actions were described.

Grammar students studied various future tenses during the semester.

In Swedish grammar, the supine tense is used together with a form of the auxiliary verb ha ("have") to create the perfect and pluperfect tenses.

When the lights flickered, she began to tense up and hold her breath.

Many students find conditional tenses difficult to master without regular practice.

In her linguistics paper, she analyzed how imperfect tenses functioned across different Romance languages.