tenterhook
noun
ten·ter·hook
ˈten-tər-ˌhu̇k 
: a sharp hooked nail used especially for fastening cloth on a tenter
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Instead of leaving an audience on tenterhooks, we’re left only to shrug.
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
There's a tentative deal on the debt ceiling, but the markets are still on tenterhooks.
—WSJ, 30 May 2023
The same core technologies that allow a Silicon Valley software developer to move to Colorado and work from a mountain retreat keep Starbucks baristas and home health care workers on tenterhooks.
—Fred Turner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
But Europe is set to remain on tenterhooks through the winter, with surging prices ravaging its economies.
—Elena Mazneva, Bloomberg.com, 2 Sep. 2022
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
There's a tentative deal on the debt ceiling, but the markets are still on tenterhooks.
—WSJ, 30 May 2023
The same core technologies that allow a Silicon Valley software developer to move to Colorado and work from a mountain retreat keep Starbucks baristas and home health care workers on tenterhooks.
—Fred Turner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
But Europe is set to remain on tenterhooks through the winter, with surging prices ravaging its economies.
—Elena Mazneva, Bloomberg.com, 2 Sep. 2022
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“Tenterhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenterhook. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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