Sentence examples for tenuous issues from inspiring English sources

A Crisis of Character This is the kind of dynamic that I believe is at the heart of culture wars that gravitate around tenuous issues such as whether or not a retail business, such as Radio Shack, wishes customers and potential customers a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays.

Some people even ventured to say that Mr. Bush did himself some good by showing that he was capable of diving into the scientific weeds and taking a stand, no matter how tenuous, on an issue where there seemed to be no satisfactory answers.

At some point, the benefits of breast milk become more tenuous and the issue arises of whether nursing is continuing for the child's benefit or because it gives pleasure to the mother.

It was also a victory for the administration in the sense of assembling another international coalition, however reluctant and tenuous, on an issue that it had explicitly cast as part of its effort to combat terror.

According to some tenuous reports, Kim Jong-un issued a mandate two weeks ago that all university students in North Korea must get his haircut, reinforcing that uniquely North Korean brand of oh-fuck-that's-creepy.

The path to absolution is long and tenuous, but hiding and issuing denials about his own alleged violations will not get him there.

But also I could see the possibilities the subject opens up for the filmmakers and this amazing array of talented actors to address LARGE issues threatening our tenuous tenure on the planet!

The "evidence of absence" of the weapons of mass destruction has thus put the war, and its tenuous connection to terrorism — the issue on which, as Wolfowitz said in May, "there is the most disagreement" within the government — at the heart of the election campaign.

Now, this is one of those issues that has only tenuous links to party politics.

However, Mark Coeckelbergh argues that since this relationship is tenuous at best and that the real issue at hand is the effect these games have on one's moral character (Coeckelbergh 2007).

He's crafted this tenuous middle ground that has clouded the issue.