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tenterhook
noun
ten·ter·hook ˈten-tər-ˌhu̇k 
: a sharp hooked nail used especially for fastening cloth on a tenter
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Many of Germany’s two million migrants from Turkey live on tenterhooks. 
Can Dündar, Time, 25 Feb. 2020 This news ought to have the top three players on tenterhooks. Tim Culpan | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 25 July 2019 And the New Bedford transplants, including her grandson and his Florida Atlantic University roommates, are on tenterhooks as the forecast keeps shifting. Lucas Phillips, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2019 With global powers on tenterhooks, the risk of a miscalculation -- and a knee-jerk deployment of a nuclear weapon -- would increase. Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, 20 July 2019 His remarks on Sunday came after President Trump’s decision drew a mixed response in a region on tenterhooks over a potential war. Summer Said, WSJ, 23 June 2019 Still on tenterhooks after the gripping final scene of Outlander's season premiere? Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 7 Nov. 2018 Specifically, Remington — indeed, the entire firearms industry — is on tenterhooks waiting for a potential landmark ruling from the Connecticut Supreme Court. Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018 The industry was on tenterhooks awaiting the catch information, which typically is announced by the International Pacific Halibut Commission in late January. Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2018 See More
Can Dündar, Time, 25 Feb. 2020 This news ought to have the top three players on tenterhooks. Tim Culpan | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 25 July 2019 And the New Bedford transplants, including her grandson and his Florida Atlantic University roommates, are on tenterhooks as the forecast keeps shifting. Lucas Phillips, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2019 With global powers on tenterhooks, the risk of a miscalculation -- and a knee-jerk deployment of a nuclear weapon -- would increase. Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, 20 July 2019 His remarks on Sunday came after President Trump’s decision drew a mixed response in a region on tenterhooks over a potential war. Summer Said, WSJ, 23 June 2019 Still on tenterhooks after the gripping final scene of Outlander's season premiere? Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 7 Nov. 2018 Specifically, Remington — indeed, the entire firearms industry — is on tenterhooks waiting for a potential landmark ruling from the Connecticut Supreme Court. Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018 The industry was on tenterhooks awaiting the catch information, which typically is announced by the International Pacific Halibut Commission in late January. Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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