Explore Tightrope through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like rope. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tightrope meaning
- A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
- A difficult or desperate situation.
Synonyms of Tightrope
Using Tightrope
- The main meaning on this page is: A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground. | A difficult or desperate situation.
- Useful related words include: rope.
- In the example corpus, tightrope often appears in combinations such as: the tightrope, walking tightrope, tightrope between.
Context around Tightrope
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tightrope
- In this selection, "tightrope" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, perilous, political, bust, walk, walkers and performance stand out and add context to how "tightrope" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 40 minute tightrope walk where and a difficult tightrope to walk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tightrope" sits close to words such as accumulates, adventurers and agribusiness, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tightrope
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Beale’s tightrope walk isn’t a short one. (9 words)
Some admitted they were talking a tightrope of survival. (9 words)
You can work in an assembly line, you can walk across two skyscrapers on a tightrope. (16 words)
Today, Collins’ job involves reforming appropriations so that some spending bills come to the floor far in advance in the Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government, a difficult tightrope to walk but a popular demand in both chambers. (39 words)
Meanwhile, a report this week may show a key gauge of US inflation remains stubbornly high, reminding investors of the tightrope the central bank must walk to maintain both price and financial stability. (33 words)
Experts said that it is a tightrope walk for the RBI and it is, therefore, possible that it will hold on to the current repo rate for now, until these pressures ease. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
As such she spends most of the show treading a tightrope between cops and crims, and living in constant fear of Morris’ well-deserved reputation should she be exposed.
Beale’s tightrope walk isn’t a short one.
But I’m going to tell you what, we’re walking a tightrope right now, at how much longer this country is going to make it, as we all know it.
Even in the recovery phase, delicately walks a perilous tightrope and arrives on the other side as the masterpiece of Perry’s career.
In 1861, as Herr Professor Cristophe, he performed on the tightrope at the Theatre Royal, in Malop Street.
It’s like walking on a tightrope, where you aim for that sweet spot between risk and reward.
It was a political tightrope he may never have managed if he’d grown up in the heart of Plains rather than Archery.
Loubscher stressed that the Lions should look inward instead of focusing too much on the opposition or the do-or-bust tightrope of knockout rugby.
Meanwhile, a report this week may show a key gauge of US inflation remains stubbornly high, reminding investors of the tightrope the central bank must walk to maintain both price and financial stability.
Some admitted they were talking a tightrope of survival.
The confronting, hilarious and often touching reunion between Isaac and Max creates a wonderfully unrestrained tightrope walk between brother/sister sledging and brother/ brother male-bonding.
The Fed is walking a tightrope of slowing inflation and trying to prevent further damage to our economy.
The meeting took place amid Russia’s escalating confrontation with the Western powers over the conflict and India’s diplomatic tightrope walk on the issue.
This balance has stretched him on a tightrope until now, but he can’t take a single false step.
Tightrope walkers had to retain their balance while walking along a highly tensioned wire between two points on the framework of the circus tent.
Today, Collins’ job involves reforming appropriations so that some spending bills come to the floor far in advance in the Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government, a difficult tightrope to walk but a popular demand in both chambers.
You can work in an assembly line, you can walk across two skyscrapers on a tightrope.
But Clark is also always unafraid to speak her mind to officials, setting up a 40-minute tightrope walk where one step in the wrong direction could prove costly.
Experts said that it is a tightrope walk for the RBI and it is, therefore, possible that it will hold on to the current repo rate for now, until these pressures ease.
French highliner Nathan Paulin wowed spectators with his tightrope performance in Santiago, kicking off Chile’s largest performing arts festival.
Common combinations with tightrope
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tightrope 14×
- walking tightrope 13×
- tightrope between 10×
- on tightrope 10×
- tightrope of 8×
- tightrope walk 7×
- tightrope and 4×
- that tightrope 4×
- walk tightrope 4×
- diplomatic tightrope 3×