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on tenterhooks
adjective as in agog
adjective as in expectant
Example Sentences
That sentiment isn’t conducive to a night spent with an information delivery system designed to keep the audience straining on tenterhooks.
As for Israel’s response to Iran, the region - and the world - has been on tenterhooks since Tuesday.
For almost a month, many here in Lebanon have been on tenterhooks, waiting for Hezbollah to retaliate against Israel.
Deepti made a bit of a meal of it in the end and kept us on tenterhooks when the six just went over!
In a video interview, Oriahi spoke about keeping the audience on tenterhooks, the challenges of Nollywood and his filmmaking heroes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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