Crossword-Solution: TENSED 6 letters, 85 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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TENSED anagram NESTED, SEDENT

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Displayed anxiety 1 answer
Grew taut 1 answer
Grew rigid (with "up") 1 answer
Grew rigid 1 answer
Grew nervous 1 answer
Got wound up 1 answer
Got uptight 1 answer
Got tighter 1 answer
Got the yips 1 answer
Got rigid 1 answer
Got nervous, with "up" 1 answer
High-strung, with "up" 1 answer
Braced for impact 1 answer
Became uptight 1 answer
Became tight 1 answer
Became taut and high strung 1 answer
Became taut 1 answer
Became stiff 1 answer
Became rigid 1 answer
Became on edge 1 answer
Became nervous 1 answer
Prepared to spring 1 answer
Was uptight 1 answer
Stiffened, with "up" 1 answer
Showed nervous strain 1 answer
Showed anxiety, with "up" 1 answer
Sat tight, in a way 1 answer
Readied for impact 1 answer
Readied for a blow 1 answer
Reacted with fright 1 answer
Reacted to danger 1 answer
Became jittery 1 answer
Prepared for trouble 1 answer
Prepared for a wallop 1 answer
Prepared for a sock 1 answer
Prepared for a punch 1 answer
Prepared for a hit 1 answer
Prepared for a blow 1 answer
Made tight, as muscles 1 answer
Made taut 1 answer
Made ready to pounce 1 answer
Became edgy 1 answer
Became anxious 1 answer
Showed anxiety 2 answers
Prepared for impact 2 answers
Got nervous 2 answers
Got edgy 2 answers
Flinched, e.g. 2 answers
Reacted in fright 2 answers
Reacted to a scare 2 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
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greedy person
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Sentences with TENSED (5)

Scott's body instantly tensed up and he felt the adrenaline rush with an associated rise in pulse rate.
Terminal Compromise Winn Schwartau 1993
But they were silent in amazement and expectation when they saw the mighty white ape wriggle upon the back of their king, and, with steel muscles tensed beneath the armpits of his antagonist, bear down mightily with his open palms upon the back of the thick bullneck, so that the king ape could but shriek in agony and flounder helplessly about upon the thick mat of jungle grass.
The Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
The smiling lips tensed to the nervous shock of a momentary agony which the conscious mind never apprehended, and then the dead sank limply back into that deepest of slumbers from which there is no awakening.
The Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Just jaded and panting like dogs in a pack; Just tensed and intent on the goal: O God! but I'm lonesome -- I wish I was back, Up there in the land of the Pole.
Rhymes of a Rolling Stone Robert W. Service 1995
Good-bye,” and he picked his way down the bank into the river, while from behind a bush upon the mainland two wicked, black eyes watched his movements and those of the girl on the shore behind him while a long, sinewy, brown hand closed more tightly upon a heavy war spear, and steel muscles tensed for the savage spring and the swift throw.
The Mucker Edgar Rice Burroughs 1995

Quotes with TENSED (3)

Do you know what I see in you now? The usual aura. A steady golden yellow, healthy and strong, with spikes of purple here and there. But when I do this. . . .” He rested a hand on my hip, and my whole body tensed up. That hand moved around my hip, slipping under my shirt to rest on the small of my back. My skin burned where he touched me, and the places that were untouched longed for that heat.. The colors deepen, it burns more intensely, the purple increases. Why? Why, Sydne…
Richelle Mead The Indigo Spell
WEST SALEM ~ October 2011A sudden vision, fraught with malevolence and darkness, obscured her sight. The face of a menacing figure turned from the shadows of his grisly handiwork and stared at Sorcha. Her muscles tensed. By the Goddess, could he see her? Please! No! She wanted to scream, to run, but the vision ensnared her into the horrific moment like a fly in a spider's web.
Cherie De Sues
Fireheart tensed, waiting for whatever had hunted down these apprentices to emerge from the trees and attack, but nothing stirred. Feeling as if his legs hardly belonged to him, he sprang down and stumbled across to Swiftpaw. The apprentice lay on his side, his legs splayed out. His black-and-white fur was torn, and his body was covered with dreadful wounds, ripped by teeth far bigger than any cat's. His jaws still snarled and his eyes glared. He was dead, and Fireheart could see that he had died fighting.
Erin Hunter A Dangerous Path
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Appears in: Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 89 times in crossword archives (1972–2025).