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tenterhooks <a tenterhook; tenterhooks> SUST.

tenterhooks
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on tenterhooks ADV. (feelings & emotions)

on tenterhooks

tenterhook <a tenterhook; tenterhooks> SUST.

be on tenterhooks V.

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He held up the process for approximately 30 minutes during which the nation was on tenterhooks.
thenationonlineng.net
To keep someone on tenterhooks, knowing that she is likely to be watched as she goes about her daily life, seems to me remarkably cruel.
www.legalweek.com
One that opts for relationship remaining on tenterhooks and another that is quite willing to improve ties by exchange of cultural events and sporting ties.
www.greaterkashmir.com
These processes are followed by stretching the cloth on great frames known as tenters, to which it is attached by tenterhooks.
en.wikipedia.org
Tenterhooks are hooks in a device called a "tenter".
en.wikipedia.org
Tenterhooks, on the other hand, are little hooks used in medieval times for stretching cloth.
www.stuff.co.nz
The third game proved to be a thriller, with the capacity crowd on tenterhooks, right to the finish.
www.rte.ie
It is from this process that we have the expression on tenterhooks, meaning in a state of nervous tension.
en.wikipedia.org
Everyone around him was on tenterhooks, afraid of making a wrong move and invoking his wrath.
en.wikipedia.org
But you're always on tenterhooks because you just know something else is lurking around the next corner.
www.electricpig.co.uk

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