Sentence examples for made a tenuous from inspiring English sources

The surprise Russian proposal to defuse the American confrontation with Syria made a tenuous situation even more volatile for a president struggling to convince a deeply skeptical public of the need for the United States to respond militarily in yet another Middle Eastern country, this time in retaliation for the use of chemical weapons.

The former secretary of state then also made a tenuous claim: that Sanders's attack on her use of super PACs was also an attack on President Obama.

At its worst, it is exploitative, coming up with products that make a tenuous link with the concept of halal – patronising customers in the way that some suppliers seek to create "girly" versions of mainstream products.

Her totally uncalled for hit-piece has no real ammunition and ends up making a tenuous archaic point about Meghan Markle's divorce making her an unsuitable bride.

In a signal of just how committed Democrats are to using the gun issue in 2016, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee started running radio ads on Thursday blaming certain vulnerable Republicans for their refusal to take up the terrorist watch list gun legislation, using previous question votes with the gun legislation attached to make a tenuous attack.

But let's face it, there isn't much of a difference between this year and the last, and if you were an obnoxious drunk last year there's a good chance you're going to be the same obnoxious drunk this year if all you've done is make a tenuous new year's resolution.

Pressed for an answer, Jummy made up a tenuous story about a cousin hooking him up.

That makes for a tenuous connection between Latin American stocks and the Nasdaq.

Tonight, Emo addresses racism ("I like the south. But of course, I'm prejudiced"), Avatar and Christianity (he tells his recent poll-winning best religious joke of all time), while making only a tenuous effort to connect one subject to the next.

"It all makes for a tenuous setting and exciting climb". The foursome was assembled by the research center's climbing committee, which sought a group with geographic diversity and experience climbing together.

McCain doesn't respond with strength here, though — just makes a weird and tenuous link between national security and being pro-life.