Sentence examples for tenuous held from inspiring English sources

Americans may consider Canada a paragon of boring stability, but the truth is that the unity of French and English Canada has always been tenuous, held together by a series of fragile compromises and occasionally threatened by violence.

And both have a tenuous hold on the job.

Coughlin, again, had a tenuous hold on his job.

Coach Isiah Thomas has a tenuous hold on his locker room.

The Greek, Irish, Portuguese and Spanish governments all have tenuous holds on political power.

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.

Republicans, for instance, are trying to keep a tenuous hold on seats in Massachusetts and Maine.

And some who had won jobs had tenuous holds on them.

The outbreak of violence on Monday further underscored the tenuous hold Moscow has on the region.

Along with Abbott's Liberals, they are keenly aware of Labor's tenuous hold on power.