tightrope walking
- a word derived from tightrope walker.
Example Sentences
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Contemporary circus performers Cirque Bijou showed off their tightrope walking skills.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2021
Tandem or tightrope walking is another option that can be modified to match a variety of ability levels, Mansfield says.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 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
Images of others have appeared on social media, climbing building facades, fire escapes and even tightrope walking along electrical cables.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2016
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.