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tightwire
[ tahyt-wahyuhr ]
/ ˈtaɪtˌwaɪər /
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How to use tightwire in a sentence
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