These days, the mood of residents is equally mixed with tenuous hope and resignation.

From the time he was recruited as commander in chief in 1775, Washington personified the often tenuous hope of unity among the 13 fractious colonies.

I doubt Alfred understood Iseult's last three words, or did not care what she meant, he only snatched the tenuous hope that perhaps she could help.

Kirk wondered if there was really any chance his starship could save them, or if abandoning what tenuous hope he placed in that chance would be more wise.

Rebels are said to have emerged recently from the forest, followed the path and struck a match to tenuous hopes.

That buffalo is a fitting metaphor for the Matinecock Nation, Mr. Little Fox said: one of tenuous hope.

On the ninth floor of the Four Seasons and at the campaign headquarters, people channeled their tenuous hopes along two tracks.

Climate Change: Going beyond dangerous - Brutal numbers, tenuous hope, or cognitive dissonance?

She was worried about Nicholas and giddy with a tenuous hope she refused to examine too closely.

A tenuous hope took fire in her chest.