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It is from this process that we have the expression on tenterhooks, meaning in a state of nervous tension.
en.wikipedia.org
Such a scenario would keep markets on tenterhooks for the next six months.
www.dailyreckoning.com.au
It is not surprising, therefore, that villagers, businesses and schools are on tenterhooks over the possibility of the village losing one of its oldest friends.
www.edp24.co.uk
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
Everyone around him was on tenterhooks, afraid of making a wrong move and invoking his wrath.
en.wikipedia.org
At the moment, we are on tenterhooks hoping that the trapped driver will miraculously be pulled out alive and unhurt.
www.stuff.co.nz
The list of culprits was published morning by morning in small installments, so that hundreds of politicians had to live on tenterhooks for months.
en.wikipedia.org
The third game proved to be a thriller, with the capacity crowd on tenterhooks, right to the finish.
www.rte.ie
His fans had been kept on tenterhooks by the story because he published it in instalments and was about halfway through when he suddenly died.
www.dailymail.co.uk
He held up the process for approximately 30 minutes during which the nation was on tenterhooks.
thenationonlineng.net

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