"It was very long and very difficult," Armstrong said afterward, treading gingerly in his basic French during a television interview.

For that reason, advocacy groups are treading gingerly.

But any marshal who does not tread gingerly and avoid confrontations would be courting self-destruction, he said.

Hillary is the one he needs to unseat, but he treads gingerly around her.

Then, creaking stealthily, the door opened; treading gingerly, someone entered.

But while the plan is ambitious and the company is a New York fixture, investors should tread gingerly.

Treading gingerly around the debris strewn over the yard, she made her way to the front of the cabin.

We would have had to tread gingerly to even do issues comparatives without seeming negative.

He knew he had to tread gingerly where the Voyagers were concerned.

Descending was hard on the joints, and that first afternoon we trod gingerly past our skeleton in the cliff to Tireli village.