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tenterhooks [ˈtentəhʊks, америк. -t̬ɚ-] СУЩ. pl

to be on tenterhooks

to keep sb on tenterhooks

to be on tenterhooks

to keep sb on tenterhooks

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There is a tenter frame, with the tenterhooks to show how the cloth was dried without shrinking and how teasles were used to lift up the nap. en.wikipedia.org

The third game proved to be a thriller, with the capacity crowd on tenterhooks, right to the finish. www.rte.ie

At the moment, we are on tenterhooks hoping that the trapped driver will miraculously be pulled out alive and unhurt. www.stuff.co.nz

Floating fragments hang on hooks and the idiom of being on tenterhooks drifts away from the performing area and into the minds of those watching. www.theupcoming.co.uk

It is from this process that we have the expression on tenterhooks, meaning in a state of nervous tension. en.wikipedia.org

One that opts for relationship remaining on tenterhooks and another that is quite willing to improve ties by exchange of cultural events and sporting ties. www.greaterkashmir.com

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

The list of culprits was published morning by morning in small installments, so that hundreds of politicians had to live on tenterhooks for months. en.wikipedia.org

These processes are followed by stretching the cloth on great frames known as tenters, to which it is attached by tenterhooks. en.wikipedia.org

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