tenterhooks


see on tenterhooks.

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How to use tenterhooks in a sentence

  • They were on tenterhooks to know why we English should be so eager to take up their quarrel.

    A Tatter of Scarlet | S. R. Crockett
  • She kept me on tenterhooks by asking it offensive questions: such as, "Oo know who give me that bonnet?"