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Meanings of tightrope walker in inglés

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Person who walks on a tightrope, normally a provider of entertainment.

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        Usage of tightrope walker in inglés
        1
        Fronto and my tightrope walker were in one of the chariot lanes.
        Venus In Copper
        2
        The tightrope walker balancing between life and death is the novel's leitmotif.
        The Guardian
        3
        In fact, not since that Turkish tightrope walker in Ankara (see Vol.
        The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
        4
        She had to be careful at every step, a tightrope walker in the circus.
        A reliable wife
        5
        He moved up in the air, holding his arms out like a tightrope walker.
        Iron Man
        6
        The tightrope walker is about to fall, and then, Ha!
        The Michael Chekhov Handbook
        7
        He stood up and, balancing himself like a tightrope walker, made his way to the trunk.
        The Neverending Story
        8
        Mentions Philippe Petit, the tightrope walker, whose signature on a wall is being preserved by plastic.
        The new yorker
        9
        I was told a panther ran Fronto and the tightrope walker up against some lifting gear?
        Venus In Copper
        10
        He threw his arms out to try and steady himself, as with a tightrope walker's rod.
        Storm Front
        11
        She turned around and saw the soldier hopping about on his log like a tightrope walker.
        The hangman's daughter
        12
        BEING the parent of an adolescent may sometimes seem to require the skill of a tightrope walker.
        The Irish Times
        13
        Helena stood on it and walked across unsteadily like a tightrope walker in need of more rehearsal.
        Anvil Gate
        14
        My legs are spread, my knees bent, my arms moving jerkily to the side, like the tightrope walker's.
        WATER FOR ELEPHANT
        15
        The thing mauled a tightrope walker too, which seemed a bit superfluous but made the 'accident' look more natural.
        Venus In Copper
        16
        They seem to perform the same sort of function as looking down half-way across does for a tightrope walker.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for tightrope walker
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