Looking up at her, Jerry felt his tenuous grip on consciousness slipping.

Despite her popularity, Ardern has a surprisingly tenuous grip on power.

On paper, Ms Ardern has a tenuous grip on power.

Can he maintain his increasingly tenuous grip on his ministry?

Despite her global high profile, Ardern only has a tenuous grip on the country's parliament.

This caretaker prime minister's tenuous grip on his troubled country is now weaker than ever.

Economics:A recession in the US this year would loosen the Republic's increasingly tenuous grip on growth.

Gradually Simons becomes personally involved, to the point where she loses her tenuous grip on reality.

Winners of seven in a row, the Steelers can maintain their tenuous grip on the No.

Stu lost his tenuous grip on reality.

Laughing now would shatter the tenuous grip she had on the gunnery sergeant, and her work wasn't done.

Could be confused with A box brownie camera, by a colour blind Colossus with a tenuous grip on reality.

So it's a pretty tenuous grip on sobriety, just fresh out of the depths of addiction and super manic.

Clearly sensing an opportunity for escape, Kent struggled free of Wolfe's now tenuous grip and made a bolt for it.

Without substantial movement soon, the IRA ceasefire is merely a tenuous grip on the fragile and only a temporary peace.

Despite himself, he shouted in terror, sure that he would not be able to maintain his tenuous grip on the treacherous grate.