tenuous
Example Sentences
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“It doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t have it. It just means that’s more tenuous … but I do think that we should say it’s wrong and that it’s damaging.”
From Salon
In a market where sometimes tenuous links spell big moves for stocks, the Super Bowl halftime performance from Bad Bunny failed to produce coattails.
From MarketWatch
Iron doesn’t easily bend, and this curve is tenuous.
“I’m a nanny, and I pick up a couple of kids from their preschool and I know and love so many kids with parents in pretty tenuous situations,” said McElroy, who is Irish American.
From Los Angeles Times
Sunday’s tenuous cease-fire followed a rapid offensive against the SDF, which collapsed as Arab factions flipped sides to join the government.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
