They had only the most tenuous theory on what caused that field to shift this way.

Even the most tenuous thread of story is infinitely better than none at all.

They were a race with only the most tenuous grasp on civilized behavior.

He was an alliance only held together by the most tenuous of truces.

And there is only the most tenuous definition of what it should be.

Only the most tenuous connection still held the Rider's soul to the body he'd once owned.

Our household was being held together by the most tenuous of threads.

I'm not going to let him have even the most tenuous of leashes on me.

With the men, the doctor's cultural performance is at its most tenuous.

We didn't know then that all these places had only the most tenuous links with Hailsham.