How to use tightrope in a sentence

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• The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly.From the entry walk a tightrope
• He walked through the world vertiginously, as if on a tightrope.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 17. From the entry vertiginously
• One boy tried to tightrope walk through the fountain until he was tugged back by a friend.1983 November 21, Charles Fishman, “The Pilgrimage”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry tightrope walk
• The United States’ recent nuclear submarine deal with South Korea is a tightrope act for a different reason.2025 December 12, Sharon Squassoni, “How nuclear submarines could pave the way for nuclear weapons in South Korea”, in Bulletin of the…. From the entry nuclear submarine
• The RSS mouthpiece, meanwhile, termed this as a historical opportunity but cautioned that running the government would be a tightrope walk.2015 March 1, Naseer Ganai, Kumar Vikram, “BJP and PDP join hands to govern J&K... but new Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed mars the…. From the entry tightrope walk
• So the tightrope these unmean men must walk drew taut.2010, John Lennard, Of Sex and Faerie: Further Essays on Genre Fiction, page 65. From the entry unmean
• Those are hot-button topics for adults, and the show’s writing is a miracle of tightrope walking in its handling of them.1998 May 10, Stephen Eberhart, “‘South Park,’ Teachers and Kids”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry tightrope walking
• Mary Ann could witness the intricacies, the pitfalls, and the tightrope walkings of marriage, and even handle them, but not Michael.1971, Catherine Cookson, “The Lapse”, in The Lord and Mary Ann (Mary Ann; 2), New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, published 1975…. From the entry tightrope walking
• As illustrations he provides sports for agon, lotteries for alea, hero-worship for mimicry, and tightrope walking for ilinx.1969 -, Roscoe Conkling Brown, Bryant J. Cratty, New perspectives of man in action, page 183. From the entry ilinx
• Accordingly, the columnist is a Blondin, treading a tightrope over Victoria Falls between obscurity and triviality, condescension and ostentation, and often falling into the foaming minestrone.2013, Philip Howard, “What is the correct term?”, in Modern Manners: The Essential Guide to Correct Behaviour and Etiquette, London: The…. From the entry blondin

Meaning of tightrope

1. noun A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
2. noun A difficult or desperate situation.
3. verb To walk on a tightrope.

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Questions about tightrope in a sentence

How do you use tightrope in a sentence?

Tightrope is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly.”

What is a short sentence with tightrope?

“So the tightrope these unmean men must walk drew taut.”

What does tightrope mean?

Tightrope means a tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.