There was a slight twitch in the tense lines around the soldier's mouth.

Jo felt her lips compressing into a tense, hard line.

He recognized anxiety in the tense lines of her body.

I saw Allan's jaw set in a tense line as we followed.

The horse moved forward, reluctance in every tense line of his body.

They waited 40 minutes in a tight, tense line before they got a close look at the shoes.

Aim at her tops,' he called again down the tense line of waiting gun-crews.

He looked thinner, and his face had tired, tense lines in it she hadn't noticed before.

Nor did she put into words that denial he could read in every tense line of her body.

She looked at the boys and pressed her lips together in a tense line.