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Definition of Tenuousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenuousness
Literary usage of Tenuousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Novel by Carl Van Doren (1921)
"Its particular excellence must be looked for in a touching charm that springs
from the very tenuousness of its substance — a tenuousness greater than life's ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"They are ribbonlike in tenuousness, and to casual glance they give the impression
of long narrow pennants softly waving in a gentle breeze. ..."
3. The Reformation by Williston Walker (1900)
"... tenuousness of the stream of "apostolic succession " that has led to denial
of its continuity by some other episcopally organized Protestants. ..."
4. The Reformation by Williston Walker (1900)
"... a tenuousness of the stream of "apostolic succession" that has led to denial
of its continuity by some other episcopally organized Protestants. ..."
5. The Reformation by Williston Walker (1900)
"... a tenuousness of the stream of "apostolic succession " that has led to denial
of its continuity by some other episcopally organized Protestants. ..."
6. The Reformation by Williston Walker (1900)
"... a tenuousness of the stream of "apostolic succession " that has led to denial
of its continuity by some other episcopally organized Protestants. ..."
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