Sentence examples for tenuous ways from inspiring English sources

The jitters and actual damage are unwelcome reminders of the tenuous ways that land-scarce Japan has continually sought to expand its habitable areas.

They begin climbing up and over each other, always keeping contact with the people below them but extending up and out in more and more tenuous ways, increasingly defying gravity.

If he keeps mentioning things she said, finding tenuous ways to connect her to almost every topic, or even keeps talking about a conversation he had with her, then yeah, there's a good chance he's crushing on her.

Comey was forced to start his relationship with the president in a tenuous way.

But using a one or two month experience that can be enhanced or soured by a single individual is a tenuous way to make a career decision.

It is hard to see how the Zazi case, or any other terrorism probe, could be hurt by requiring that use of augmented surveillance powers be related in at least a tenuous way to terrorism.

For those who care deeply about the careers of movie stars, the tenuous way in which a new talent is brought to market is maybe something over which to lose sleep!

This seems to me a very tenuous way to keep Tiger Woods in the tournament.

And yet, living in Silicon Valley, I felt connected to him in many tenuous techy ways.

ZORN KEEPS HIS HUMOR Jim Zorn said he knew his status as coach of the Washington Redskins was tenuous, even way back when his team was 1-1 and coming off a 9-7 victory against St . Louis

But in trying to overcome the obstacles put in their way, for ploughing onward committed to their own vision, for their tenuous connection to the ways of the world, the band are emulating the spirit of Brian Wilson more than they can possibly imagine.