Sentences with phrase «more tense»

Determine which areas of parenting feel effortless and easy to you, and which feel more tense and challenging.

«By 2003, growing concern about parental alienation was the subject of comment by Martin J.... [H] e observed that [r] ather coincidentally, as their parents» financial situation and divorce grew more tense the children began to enjoy their father's company less.

88 % reported feeling sadder than before the war, 87 % reported being more worried and 62 % reported feeling more tense.

Questions and statements like these from well - meaning friends and family can leave you feeling more tense and judged than you already felt.

Lack of sleep makes you a lot more tense.

This makes each fight more tense and exciting, as you never truly know what could happen just a few minutes down the line.

The battle over emissions and air quality is even more tense in China, where pollution and smog are provoking outrage among China's growing middle class.

We're now listening to a more tense piece, having discarded the grandiosity of the opening section and adopted a mood that leaves us attentive and silent amidst the fluttering woodwinds and staccato bursts of strings that make up the musical landscape we're traversing.

But undoubtedly, certain aspects of République's skulking could have been improved to make the experience more tense and visceral.

Skulking from shadow to shadow in Last Light's post-apocalyptic Russia in a bid to avoid the Vichukha is even more tense in Ultra HD, and if you've got sufficient graphical grunt, its weapon and particle effects give firefights an extra dose of pretty.

When the rhythmic bass line begins pumping, in my dark room, I let my mind slowly melt as I destroy colourful blocks, my fingers becoming more and more tense with my grip on the controller tightening.

It's mildly frustrating occasionally — I can't count the number of times I got into a random encounter with trash mobs, auto - battled, missed at least once, and then had both enemies curb - stomp one of my demons — but it's made the game a lot more tense.

Strategically, the union system makes pivotal moments in a battle more tense.

Running a VIP to an extraction point becomes infinitely more tense when placed under a 12 turn limit while trying to make sure that your entire team makes is out alive.

XCOM 2 doubles down on this nature, creating a more tense feeling of balancing multiple spinning plates, deciding which ones are worth keeping, and which can be sacrificed, before adding even more plates to the balancing act.

The bright colors of the islands have a lot more vibrancy too them, and the improved shadow effects make the frequent tunnel / cave sequences all that more tense and atmospheric.

Playing against human players who know what they're doing can make the game closer and more tense.

The game's eight multiplayer modes range from epic 40 - player showdowns to smaller, more tense battles.

In more tense moments, the music changes and becomes reminiscent of Castlevania with an organ's melancholy riff being accompanied by a synth - y bass and other elements.

Races tended to open up and be more tense as the snake that is other racers breaks out and each driver has their eyes set on the top position, so it takes a little time for the game to really get going but when it does, it really puts the pedal to the metal.

The situation is more tense, as you are responsible for your whole team and the decisions made that will affect the outcome of the mission.

Some hardcore players long for the old days, and some armchair designers even push the idea of permanent death as a way to create more tense and dangerous online worlds.

Driving in DiRT Rally can be a very tense experience and when you are battling against the elements in a car that is tail - happy this experience is even more tense.

The touch screen's second use is for the subsequent surgery, of which nothing's been shown yet, but going on what we've seen of Atlus» other DS medical game Caduceus, we imagine a much more tense, action - packed set of scenes than the adventure bits.

Trust me you will buy it... its a cracking Battle Royal game far more tense and less childish than Fortnite.

It absolutely feels like every change made to every aspect of XCOM 2 is in service of making it a more random, more tense experience, while lessening the frustration of constantly feeling like you're at the whim of a dice roll.

The game's soundtrack is a hit and miss and tends to fall a bit short, with a few soundtracks that are great, such as boss battles or other more tense moments, while the remaining soundtrack it almost feels like it's just there and doesn't add anything to the overall experience.

While Housemarque have monopolised the arcade shooter market, Alienation toned this down to bring a more measured, more tense shooter to PlayStation and it has atmosphere in spades.

New dynamic campaign: Wargame Red Dragon takes the best elements from AirLand Battle's dynamic campaign system, removing its flaws and improving every aspect, to deliver more tense and dynamic gameplay.

In the dust, as you might expect, the vision range is severely curtailed, making everything feel more tense as you attempt to sneak about without attracting too much attention.

Applying them before a match will multiply your experience gain and will spice up the experience making matches more tense.

Leon's campaign has more tense moments that resemble a horror story similar to older Resident Evil titles.

Along with that a full suite of multiplayer options will keep you playing as all the lying and treachery become even more tense with a live opponent, especially if it's a friend or 3.

It makes levels far more tense affairs, which is impressive given how butt clenching they already are.

If you're talking about genres outside of horror then music can make you cry or it can make you feel a little more tense or excited, but with horror stuff you put the music in, or audio in general, and the movie goes from scary to down right terrifying.

The more tense the pets are the more the will feel upset and feel increased pain from simple things like injections.

Being from Northern California and experiencing the terrible wildfires we have had recently made me even more tense.

I will not say it is more challenging than other tracks, but you are more tense than when you are racing on a road course where you have more runoff.»

Things are certainly more heated, says Linda K. Wertheimer, «It makes the atmosphere a lot more tense when you are teaching about the world's religions.»

Hence, the third act is marked by the birth of the third Reich and the invasion of Austria by the Germans, and the film becomes more tense and dramatic.

The trailer teases this frenetic climax, with the quartet's relationships growing more tense, bitter and sexually - charged until glimpses of police tape are ominously seen.

Anderson does a remarkable job of covering up the fact that his story lacks real substance, using tricks such as a constantly moving camera and an increasingly - intrusive score to make things feel a lot more tense than they actually are.

It's an important thing to get across, and it could still be the crux had the movie been differently tooled, but it seems that charges of schizophrenia, radiation therapy, and thoughts of suicide on Lili's part should have created a more tense atmosphere.

Very occasional diversions into more tense, less melodic territory mean that despite the repetition, the album doesn't become tiresome (of course, its short length also helps in this regard).

It brings the world to life and makes the hunts all the more tense and satisfying.

It's more a tense movie than frightening one, and the insistence upon maintaining the sense of «is it real or not» mystery necessitates downplaying the pulpiness that would be inherent if it were a straightforward slasher, monster movie or ghost story.

He's a rather cut and dry character, playing the cliché scientist when necessary and flipping on the evil switch when in Lizard form, but a few more powerful moments between Peter and the human Dr. Connors could have made the battles between Spider - Man and The Lizard far more tense.

Their conversation becomes more tense and awkward, as the prospect of consummating their marriage approaches.

Throughout the 96 minutes running time, we get progressively more and more tense.

As the situation grows more tense and becomes a major media focus, the movie shifts to the courtroom trial, which becomes a public forum on the Palestinian question.