Sentence examples for on the tenuous from inspiring English sources
As a student of politics, I have been watching this campaign with one eye on the historic prospects of Barack Obama and one eye on the tenuous future of his Republican opponents.
The developments added to a convergence of pressures on the tenuous legitimacy of the military-led government in Egypt.
They tackled their lives with great zest & were situated on the tenuous margins of middle-class society.
When God unleashes Satan on the tenuous order of Job's world, things fall apart fast, in the lurid style that Mr. Bradshaw favors.
"I just shut up and wondered if he could really detain me on the tenuous ground of verbal interference," Mr. Kay said.
This case is no exception - the press release was issued by the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, and unsurprisingly it focuses almost entirely on the tenuous link to Alzheimer's disease.
Adding to the tenuous situation on the ground right now, the government of Chad announced last week that it will be withdrawing it's troop contingency after recently facing harsh criticism from the international community.
The outbreak of violence on Monday further underscored the tenuous hold Moscow has on the region.
It is a designation that is often based on the most tenuous of evidence and one that often proves to be wrong.
The question now is how long fuel prices will stay elevated and how much will be passed on to consumers, given the tenuous nature of the economic recovery.
"The Killing," which concluded its first season on Sunday night with the tenuous resolution of the central crime, Rosie's murder, has been as much mystery as melodrama.
