Anxiously, tensely, he scanned the water, but saw nothing. Garin and Irina tensely meet in a scene where Garin silently deflects all her pleas. He removes his clothes and tensely waits for her. The strike lasted ten tensely uncomfortable days until spring recess began. There weren't major acts of violence, and the coup developed tensely, but peacefully. Frederick H. Heinde, commander of the Pinkerton landing operation, tensely faced off amidst mutual threats. The "Los Angeles Times" said the film was "very tensely contrived for its type". In "The Sydney Morning Herald", it was described as a "tensely thrilling and moving document". Tensely, people watch for the hurricane's arrival. On the last day of camp, everyone tensely watches as Joe and Charlie Brown compete.