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tenterhooks <a tenterhook; tenterhooks> N
tenterhooks
on tenterhooks ADV (feelings & emotions)
on tenterhooks
on tenterhooks
on tenterhooks
tenterhook <a tenterhook; tenterhooks> N
be on tenterhooks VB
be on tenterhooks
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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
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
But this weekend's windfall has everyone on tenterhooks, including real estate agents, hoping to keep the money in town.
www.stuff.co.nz
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
Now, viewers remain on tenterhooks amid speculation that she may be in the grip of more than one abductor.
www.irishexaminer.com