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ten·ter·hooks [ˈtentəhʊks] SOST pl

tenterhooks

kavelj m

to be [kept] on tenterhooks

to keep sb on tenterhooks

to be [kept] on tenterhooks

to keep sb on tenterhooks

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Now, viewers remain on tenterhooks amid speculation that she may be in the grip of more than one abductor. www.irishexaminer.com

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

So now we're on tenterhooks, waiting like a nervous family in a maternity ward. www.dailymail.co.uk

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

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

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

But this weekend's windfall has everyone on tenterhooks, including real estate agents, hoping to keep the money in town. www.stuff.co.nz

We are all on tenterhooks, waiting to perceive slights, threats or insults to our national identity. www.heraldscotland.com

And enough twists and turns to keep a reader on tenterhooks until a highly satisfying ending is delivered. www.npr.org

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