Examples of 'tenuous' in a sentence
Meaning of "tenuous"
Tenuous (adjective): Very weak or slight; insubstantial. Tenuous is often used to describe something that is thin, slender, or fragile, such as a tenuous hope or a tenuous thread
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- Thin in substance or consistency.
- Insubstantial.
How to use "tenuous" in a sentence
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This tenuous situation should be placed in context.
And these charges are as tenuous as they are numerous.
It has a tenuous atmosphere composed primarily of oxygen.
The allegation of financial support is equally tenuous.
The science is tenuous to say the least.
At least that claim is much more tenuous.
I got a real tenuous hold on my girlfriend here.
Morsi never appreciated his tenuous position.
Haddad has a tenuous relationship with sense.
The most important relationships can be so tenuous.
There is a tenuous difference between the two.
Their relationship can not be that tenuous.
I can discover some tenuous points of contact.
Except the evidence against you was tenuous.
Clearly more tenuous than we would realized.
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But your place here is tenuous at best.
The very tenuous vapour is just sublimation.
Because of unsafe convictions based on tenuous evidence.
Clearly more tenuous than we had realized.
Extended family bonds become more tenuous.
That is a pretty tenuous and overblown extrapolation.
The link must not be too tenuous.
There is also the tenuous topic of family.
Mark knows that life here is tenuous.
Things get very tenuous at that point.
But the situation was rather tenuous.
Security remains tenuous in the forest.
Their political connections may be somewhat tenuous.
It is very tenuous and does not corotate.
The league has a somewhat tenuous existence.
This rather tenuous link surprises them both.
Many simply lost their tenuous grip.
Given our tenuous relations with north korea.
The humanitarian situation remains extremely tenuous.
Berthold was in a tenuous and stressful situation.
Survival of the populations seems very tenuous.
Possibly there is been some tenuous influence for centuries.
The ties you develop in recovery are tenuous.
Google is no stranger to tenuous operating conditions.
But that link is still a little tenuous.
You are in a very tenuous position on the food chain.
The nocturnal blue color is more tenuous.
Have an extremely tenuous cause of action.
Tenuous connections can still exist.
Even that control was tenuous at best.
To consider how tenuous your bargaining position truly is.
Once a connection that tenuous breaks.
Short sections of tenuous placements above good protection.
The safety of refugees and humanitarian personnel was tenuous.
Now mine is tenuous and hers is.
