Sentence examples for only a tenuous from inspiring English sources

Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States?

Russians sometimes worry that they have only a tenuous hold on their vast eastern possessions.

The central bank has only a tenuous hold on monetary policy.

But the public has only a tenuous grasp on just what the dogs are capable of.

These definitions have only a tenuous relation to Wagner's unsystematic method.

In Iraq, civil institutions of law have only a tenuous foothold.

This is a man, after all, who has only a tenuous relationship with the straight and narrow.

Officials stress the importance of strengthening President Hamid Karzai's government, which has only a tenuous toehold in Helmand.

Its sound was surging, explosive and often overbearing; it seemed to have only a tenuous connection to mainstream jazz traditions.

Even policies are marketing – since, like a lot of marketing, they bear only a tenuous relation to the truth.

It drew immigrants from the former Soviet Union, causing many with only a tenuous Jewish link to move to Israel for a better life.