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How do you use Tenuously in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Tenuously meaning

In a tenuous manner.

Using Tenuously

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a tenuous manner.
  • In the example corpus, tenuously often appears in combinations such as: tenuously held.

Context around Tenuously

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

isles 1× piles 1× characters 1× albeit 1× sometimes 1×

Often after:

held 2× holding 1× connected 1× ever 1×

Sentence patterns with Tenuously

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

is only tenuously held 1× linked albeit tenuously to a 1× maintained sometimes tenuously ever since 1× of characters tenuously connected by 1× rubble piles tenuously held together 1× the isles tenuously holding onto 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

balkan frontier on 1× most asteroids including 1× paul thomas anderson 1× the catcher in 1× without a predictable 1×

Common sentence endings:

chance and circumstance 1× he s making 1× only tenuously held 1× salinger s fault 1× tenuously ever since 1× together by gravity 1×

Words around Tenuously

Just before it in the word index:

tenuous 160 tenuis 3 tenuche 2 tents 681 tentpoles 10 tentpole 35

Just after it in the word index:

tenure 2.016 tenured 102 tenures 68 tenx 3 teny 3 tenya 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Tenuously

  • In this selection, "tenuously" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, isles, piles, characters, held, holding and connected stand out and add context to how "tenuously" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include is only tenuously held and linked albeit tenuously to a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tenuously" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tenuously

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Most asteroids – including Dimorphos, as it turns out – are rubble piles tenuously held together by gravity. (16 words)

Without a predictable system of ownership and a reliable system of transfer, property is only tenuously held. (17 words)

The Catcher in the Ryehas been linked (albeit tenuously) to a number of murders, but that’s not J.D. Salinger’s fault. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Paul Thomas Anderson's delirious opus is about people clinging to the ends of their emotional ropes, its action swirling around a mosaic of characters tenuously connected by chance and circumstance. (31 words)

Balkan frontier On his northern frontier Manuel expended considerable effort to preserve the conquests made by Basil II over one hundred years earlier and maintained, sometimes tenuously, ever since. (29 words)

But with the Isles tenuously holding onto a playoff spot right now, the traditional buy-or-sell construction is probably not quite the calculation he’s making. (27 words)

Example sentences (6)

But with the Isles tenuously holding onto a playoff spot right now, the traditional buy-or-sell construction is probably not quite the calculation he’s making.

Most asteroids – including Dimorphos, as it turns out – are rubble piles tenuously held together by gravity.

Paul Thomas Anderson's delirious opus is about people clinging to the ends of their emotional ropes, its action swirling around a mosaic of characters tenuously connected by chance and circumstance.

The Catcher in the Ryehas been linked (albeit tenuously) to a number of murders, but that’s not J.D. Salinger’s fault.

Without a predictable system of ownership and a reliable system of transfer, property is only tenuously held.

Balkan frontier On his northern frontier Manuel expended considerable effort to preserve the conquests made by Basil II over one hundred years earlier and maintained, sometimes tenuously, ever since.

Common combinations with tenuously

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tenuously" in a sentence?
An example: "But with the Isles tenuously holding onto a playoff spot right now, the traditional buy-or-sell construction is probably not quite the calculation he’s making." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "tenuously" from authentic English texts.
What does "tenuously" mean?
Tenuously means: In a tenuous manner.
How many example sentences with "tenuously" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "tenuously", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.