Sentence examples for tenuous over from inspiring English sources

The relative calm is the result of entrenched traditions respecting authority and favoring order, however tenuous, over chaos.

Holding a tenuous 3 games to 2 lead over the Celtics -- hasn't every lead been tenuous over the Celtics?

The Giants' existence in San Francisco has been somewhat tenuous over the years, partly because of the cold temperatures, high winds and fog at the team's Candlestick Park on San Francisco Bay from 1960 until 2000.

However, this correlation between sock spacing and sock weight was tenuous over the three-year study period, showing up only in 2002.

The Yemeni government's control over the hinterlands southeast of the capital, Sana, has always been tenuous, but over the past year it has receded almost entirely.

That might happen if the FARC's tenuous control over Catatumbo weakens.

A large part of the electorate supported the PPD, which gained tenuous control over the legislature.

The Taira were victorious, and they maintained tenuous control over the court until 1185.

The popes in Avignon, especially Benedict XII (1334 42), were able to maintain a tenuous rule over the city.

In 1844 Vorontsov was appointed commander in chief and governor of the Caucasus, and he succeeded in solidifying Russia's tenuous hold over that territory.

And many people say Russia continues to regard China with suspicion, given Russia's increasingly tenuous hold over its own Far East.