Sentence examples for been tenuous from inspiring English sources

The president grew up mainly in Hawaii, and his ties to Illinois' Democratic and black establishments have always been tenuous.

Still, the job growth has been tenuous: nowhere in the ballpark of what Mr. Reagan produced, certainly.

Until Zhang was promoted to professor, last year, as a consequence of his proof, his appointment had been tenuous.

Sites containing pirated materials are often hosted in China and Russia, where government cooperation has been tenuous at best.

While political gains have been tenuous there has been much progress in lowering the level of violence, the report indicated.

Holding a tenuous 3 games to 2 lead over the Celtics -- hasn't every lead been tenuous over the Celtics?

The calm is tenuous.

It's tenuous, obviously.

However, the estimate is tenuous.

Their relationship is tenuous now.

But perceptions are tenuous.