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Meanings of wait on tenterhooks in English
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Usage of wait on tenterhooks in English
1
We don't have to wait on tenterhooks wondering if these incidents will "create the conditions" for racism.
2
I waited on tenterhooks; then I could bear the suspense no longer.'
3
He waited on tenterhooks for her reply.
4
I waited on tenterhooks.
5
"They have found bones at Angelfield!" I was all eyes, all ears, waiting on tenterhooks for an admission to emerge from her.