Example sentences for: tightrope

How can you use “tightrope” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Its royal House of Savoy walked a diplomatic tightrope between the rivalries of France, Switzerland, Spain, and the German emperors until the fall of Napoleon.

  • The degree to which they show their ambivalence shows their ability to walk the trendy pseudo-liberal tightrope of PC-ness.

  • (To read Slate's take on Bradley's tightrope walk on vouchers, click here.)

  • In the climax, the pair must walk a fraying tightrope between the twin towers of the world's tallest building (in Kuala Lumpur) while millennium fireworks explode around them.

  • She has successfully walked a tightrope in the censorship debates, using her administrative power to block grants that would have spelled trouble while sticking up for those that came under attack after they were awarded.


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