crisper

Elle lui a dit de ne pas se crisper.
She told her not to tense up.
Comme tout autre muscle, le muscle PC peut se crisper ou se fatiguer.
Like any other muscle, the PC muscle can become strained or fatigued.
À chaque fois que j'entre dans une pièce, vous commencez à vous crisper ?
Every time I walk in a room, you guys tense up?
Ça doit sans doute les crisper.
No wonder they're going loopy.
Parfois, il vaut mieux se laisser porter que de toujours essayer d’avoir le contrôle, au risque de crisper les situations positives.
Sometimes it's better to let yourself be carried by the moment than to always try to be in control, at the risk of jeopardizing positive situations.
Tout à coup, Nathan sentit Sophie se crisper.
Suddenly, Nathan felt Sophie tense up.
Interdire un parti politique revient dans ces conditions, d'une part, à priver de représentation politique une frange non négligeable de la société basque et, d'autre part, à crisper et enliser d'avantage une situation politique sociale et identitaire.
To prohibit a political party under these circumstances means to deprive political representations to a non negligible component of the Basque society on the one hand and shrivel and bog down even more a social and identitarian political situation.
Le bruit étrange fit se crisper le visage de Lucas de terreur.
The strange noise made Lucas's face contort with terror.
Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de me crisper avant un examen.
I cannot help tensing up before an exam.
J'ai vu la mâchoire de Julia se crisper quand ils ont mentionné le nom de son patron.
I saw Julia's jaw tighten when they mentioned the name of her boss.
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