| In the days following the D-Day landings, Allied troops carved a tenuous foothold on the coast of Normandy. |
| I've always had my suspicions regarding Desmond's apparently tenuous hold on reality. |
| First Japan inched ahead to a tenuous lead holding it through the first half of the race. |
| It helps, as it always does with sport, to have some kind of kindred bond with one of the teams, however tenuous that may be. |
| Last week I rambled on about tenuous arts performances in the High Street, but this week it got worse. |
| This is evidence that buyers are enchanted by connections with the famous, however tenuous. |
