tenuousness

Soft focus and deep shadow emphasize the tenuousness of new life.

But the tenuousness of their situation has made rebel leaders increasingly bitter.

Other allies are puzzled by what they view as tenuousness and inaction.

"There is a real tenuousness to the industry now," says one managing director who requested anonymity.

The tenuousness of my new continuity cost me my life."

Here Spenser reveals a particular fear, the tenuousness of civilisation.

But such a declaration might give too much away, reveal things better left unsaid, knowing the tenuousness of their situation.

Views from the top were impressive and unsettling, dramatically revealing the island's tenuousness.

Is Iris's story meant to be an illustration of the tenuousness of identity in the modern world?

The first realization of the tenuousness of life.

That was their flash of insight; mine was based, again, on the tenuousness of money.

Even now, settled in my solid life, I'm disturbed by this memory, and a part of me still worries at the tenuousness of reality.

He had remained silent out of respect for the Council and the tenuousness of his own position in the Empire.

I saw for a moment the true tenuousness of his hold on his power, the miracles that he had wrought with such a fragile instrument.

Mary was fully aware of the tenuousness of both her relationship with Wolf and her presence in his house.

As time went on, however, they became increasingly aware of the tenuousness of the unity they were seeking.

Did they understand, I wondered, the tenuousness of such things, their fragility, their dependence on the will of men?

Seeded Ground carries the tenuousness and ephemerality of technique to the extreme."

Painted childbirth trays began to appear about 1370, in the generation following the Black Death, when the tenuousness of life was more vivid than ever.

Indeed, surprisingly, only on of the Revolution 31 percent expressed satisfaction with democracy, suggesting the tenuousness of the democratic model among citizens.

Video for the song Tenuousness by Andrew Bird.

The part that reflects the present tenuousness of public sculpture is Noah Jemison's.

Cynthia's life was full of such acquaintances, well-meaning types who had been left stranded by the tenuousness of their connection.

The tenuousness of the $3.3 billion merger had been demonstrated earlier by two postponements of the shareholders meeting.

"In spite of what Garion's friend told him, I sense a certain tenuousness about this fog.