"He is on tenuous ground with some Republicans anyway."
The article received a great deal of negative attention given the tenuous grounds for making the attacks.
As the financing markets became more adverse in the summer of 2007, the buyout was on tenuous ground.
After 22 years of designing, Johnson's business was still on tenuous ground as recently as last year.
He's crafted this tenuous middle ground that has clouded the issue.
Seems you're holding me here on pretty tenuous grounds.
On this tenuous ground a friendship was about to take form.
It's awfully tenuous grounds for such a major investment of time and resources.
Rome wouldn't dare move against us on such tenuous grounds.