Sentence examples for more tenuous with from inspiring English sources

Sessions's position is even more tenuous with regard to Baltimore.

But it would make his situation much more tenuous — with a slip-up in a key state like California, he could fall just short of it.

Sitting in the visiting manager's office at Turner Field, a position that may be growing more tenuous with each loss, Randolph said of his conversation with Minaya: "He said they got my call and that they would probably, you know, get back to me.

Still, that left Randolph to ask his bullpen to preserve a two-run lead, a dicey proposition as of late, and that lead shrank when Heilman, his grip on the setup man's job growing more tenuous with every appearance, gave a run back in the sixth on Martín Prado's two-out single.

"Nobody told him he had to train," sighs Elliott as Van Uden's involvement in the race becomes more tenuous with each weary pedal stroke.

As an adult, the death of a childhood pet is a rite of passage, a tangible reminder that our connections to adolescence grow more tenuous with each passing year.

"The audience being reached may be more critical," he said, "than their typical audience or have a more tenuous fit with the merchant".

An employee of the McDonald's restaurant a few storefronts down from the office had an even more tenuous connection with the former president.

Although Mr. Ryan should win his home district, pollsters who tested his numbers throughout Wisconsin found more tenuous results, with 38 percent of voters giving him a positive rating and 33 percent a negative one.

Some other nations have a much more tenuous relationship with the plastic in their wallets, however.

There were also 1960s and '70s contemporaries like Art Garfunkel; David Johansen (the closest to Mr. Jagger in visage and pant-tightness); and Ian Hunter, of Mott the Hoople; and others with more tenuous connections.