Sentences with phrase «tension in the room»

There was already a good deal of tension in the room, despite the singing and piano playing and clumsy magic tricks, and this became more pronounced when Turner stepped forward at intermission.

There was great tension in the room.

The palpable tension in the room erupted into a roar of mixed jubilation and relief about 45 minutes after the polls closed, as Rosendale Democratic Committee chair John Schwartz burst through the door after monitoring the vote tally at the Recreation Center to announce that Hughes had prevailed: «We won!

There was tension in the room over the mayor's assertion that certain details could not be revealed so as to not compromise Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's criminal investigation into the case, with First Assistant Corporation Counsel Georgia Pastana in attendance.

As her voice falters, there is a different kind of tension in the room.....

The tension in the room was palpable but Foshee plowed ahead, with some nervousness in his voice.

But the tension in the room has been far less palpable since Carl P. Paladino, outspoken and unpredictable, was removed from the School Board last August by the state education commissioner.

The donation had successfully quelled off the tension in the room to the one of sympathy.

There is little or no tension in the room.

Reiki (pronounced «rake» ee») Energy Healing is a relaxing form of subtle energy that many people can feel, just as we can feel «the excitement in the air,» or the «tension in the room,» or anger, or warmth, affection and love.

You could literally feel the tension in the room when the very dark, ominous opening moments of the then - unknown Marvel Studios property began - a roomful of skeptic critics bracing for an overly serious superheroes - nobody - heard - of movie set in space, anticipating Marvel Studios» first genuine misfire.

Billy Crudup's William comes on the scene at just the right time to repair something, but it always releases the tension in the room.

He's an easy - going type — quick to tell a pointed or completely irrelevant story to help make his case or diminish the tension in the room (Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, played by Bruce McGill, becomes so fed up with this trait that he must leave the room as they wait for news on the attack on Fort Fisher)-- who can still command a space with oratorical flair.

Sensing the tension in the room, he quickly follows up with, «That was a joke, obviously; 9/11 was a terrible tragedy, and it's not funny to joke about it.»

Before things erupt into eye - coveringly gory territory — which they most certainly do — Saulnier sits on the tension in that room like an elephant on a hot water bottle, allowing the gravity of the situation to seep into the very pores of the band - mates, other captive Amber (a fringe - sporting Imogen Poots) and the audience alike.

Other teachers in the meeting corroborated his story, noting that while both DeVos and the teachers were respectful to each other, the tension in the room was clear.

«The degree of tension in the room would instantly evaporate when people were given pictures to respond to.»