Sentence examples similar to tenuous demand from inspiring English sources
PAGE A8 Unrest in Bolivia Spreads President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's hold on power in Bolivia grew more tenuous as demonstrations demanding his resignation spread and key political allies scrambled to distance themselves from him.
Only if a mountain pushed him to the verge of collapse, offered points of no return, demanded desperate lunges and tenuous holds, forced him into painful contortion and demanded last-resort tactics did he feel fulfilled.
Despite moves by the military to tighten its control of the capital, President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's hold on power grew more tenuous on Tuesday, as demonstrations demanding his resignation spread to provincial cities, and important political allies scrambled to distance themselves from him.
Why have airlines been unable to impose lasting fare increases since Sept. 11? A. Demand is still very tenuous and highly price-sensitive.
Democrats reclaimed the majority last week, but since their margin is slim and tenuous, Republicans had the leverage to demand a greater portion of power.
Stanley T. Myers, the association president, warned that the impact of the terror attacks on consumer spending "could further exacerbate the already tenuous situation in regards to chip demand and capacity".
Turkle writes persuasively about the ways that the "continual partial attention" that our devices induce (and demand) denature human connections, even tenuous ones.
The connection between QE and either the supply of bank credit or the demand for bank credit is tenuous.
The characteristic metaphyseal and articular comminution with concomitant violation of a tenuous soft tissue envelope entails an operatively demanding procedure with the potential for significant post-operative complications [3].
Our sense of fairness, in other words, demands that there be at least some relationship (however tenuous) between accomplishment and reward.
