Get to know Tenterhooks better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Tenterhooks in a sentence
Tenterhooks meaning
plural of tenterhook
Using Tenterhooks
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of tenterhook
- In the example corpus, tenterhooks often appears in combinations such as: on tenterhooks, tenterhooks for.
Context around Tenterhooks
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tenterhooks
- In this selection, "tenterhooks" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, throughout and multiple stand out and add context to how "tenterhooks" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and on tenterhooks right up and are on tenterhooks multiple movie. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tenterhooks" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tenterhooks
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It leaves Kate and Gerry on tenterhooks. (7 words)
US China trade talks also continue to keep markets on tenterhooks. (11 words)
The local connections keep you on tenterhooks to the very end. (11 words)
Though it starts at the end and works backward, this infamous crime story keeps the audiences in the dark and on tenterhooks right up until the end in its search for the elusive mastermind Keyser Söze. (36 words)
Those involved are on tenterhooks; multiple movie studios passed on the opportunity to tell the story of John’s years of hedonism including his drug-taking, homosexuality and dubious Australian marriage to Renate Blauel. (34 words)
However fans have been left on tenterhooks for news of series six's release after the Covid-19 crisis forced an end to filming just four weeks into a 16-week filming schedule. (33 words)
Example sentences (16)
It leaves Kate and Gerry on tenterhooks.
The crypto space is on tenterhooks, as it waits to see which way the legislative winds will blow, said observers.
Now streaming on Shudder, is a chilling examination of sudden loss that is emotionally charged with plenty of atmosphere and folk horror elements to keep audiences on tenterhooks throughout.
Residents video recorded their haunting sound on the mobile phones and uploaded the footage to social media, as the world is on tenterhooks over escalating nuclear tensions.
The bull elephant that trampled two persons to death and kept the Telangana Forest Department on tenterhooks for three days finally returned to Maharashtra on Friday night.
The eagerly-anticipated Sin City extravaganza is well and truly taking shape, although the UFC are keeping fans on tenterhooks by slowly dripping through fight announcements.
Then came its first major decision on June 6. Pundits were on tenterhooks.
These will keep the markets on tenterhooks in the near-term, he added.
With implied volatility against the dollar hovering around record highs, China is perceived as being at the forefront of tariff risk, and the yuan, in particular, is trading on tenterhooks.
However fans have been left on tenterhooks for news of series six's release after the Covid-19 crisis forced an end to filming just four weeks into a 16-week filming schedule.
Instead, a succession of cliffhanger results is keeping the world on tenterhooks.
Though it starts at the end and works backward, this infamous crime story keeps the audiences in the dark and on tenterhooks right up until the end in its search for the elusive mastermind Keyser Söze.
Those involved are on tenterhooks; multiple movie studios passed on the opportunity to tell the story of John’s years of hedonism including his drug-taking, homosexuality and dubious Australian marriage to Renate Blauel.
US China trade talks also continue to keep markets on tenterhooks.
The local connections keep you on tenterhooks to the very end.
The tension and suspense that have engulfed the impending premiering in the face of the huge media commentaries, many who are diversely related to Ghana football seem to be sitting on tenterhooks.
Common combinations with tenterhooks
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on tenterhooks 17×
- tenterhooks for 2×