tightropes
- plural of tightrope.
Example Sentences
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“We often walk multiple tightropes at the same time, with little attention given to how this dynamic affects our mental health.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023
It was the tightest of tightropes for the DUP leader.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023
You can stick on the path or walk on the rocky beach among the driftwood that adults use for benches and children pretend are tightropes.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2022
Yes, the audience saw some of those naughty early things—for example, “Ballet,” from 1968, in which a dancer walked through the air on two tightropes.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019
They are coiled around with a lattice of roots, which sometimes form the shapes of cages, sometimes balconies, and sometimes what appear more like tightropes.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
