From the very beginning Christians have always had a tenuous hold on the holiday.

Do not forget what a tenuous hold on power we Hortators have!

A dwarf enjoyed at best a tenuous hold on dignity.

Those with a tenuous hold on reality are in the mix too.

She stared at him, losing the tenuous hold she'd had on her emotions.

His glasses finally give up their tenuous hold and fall off; he doesn't notice.

He even threatened her tenuous hold on reality, which had recently been stretched very thin.

A cease-fire has now taken tenuous hold, but the mood remains dark.

A tenuous hold, perhaps, but she strengthened her hand with the blue dress.

Now in his fifth full season, Earnhardt has a tenuous hold on first place.