tightwire
[ tahyt-wahyuhr ]
/ ˈtaɪtˌwaɪər /
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noun
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
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But the old fear was there as she moved toward the Martian hermit, on a painful tightwire of impulse between threat and desire.
The Mating of the Moons|Kenneth O'Hara