Example Sentences

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Contemporary circus performers Cirque Bijou showed off their tightrope walking skills.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2021

So what’s with all the indirection and artful circumlocution and what-the-meaning-of-is-is tightrope walking?

From Salon • May 30, 2019

It looks like tightrope walking, only with perfect posture and the demon speed of New Yorkers weaving their way through a pack of tourists at rush hour.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2014

But adhering to her advice can involve some tightrope walking.

From Forbes • Nov. 20, 2013

Douglas Fairbanks is doing a little tightrope walking on the telegraph wires.

From The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches by Winslow, Carleton M.