| They go forward on tenterhooks,seeking to grasp all that life offers, and end up without making a choice and find themselves alone. |
| Meanwhile, kidnappers threatening to kill a Filipino and two Bulgarians seized in Iraq kept their families on tenterhooks. |
| When the Spice Girls split up, we were on tenterhooks to see who would dish the dirt first. |
| Hospital bosses in south Essex were today on tenterhooks as the future of controversial foundation trusts went back into the melting pot. |
| The elimination final started on tenterhooks for both sides as the scoring was slow and the passages of play at times cumbersome. |
| When the latest batch of fresh-faced first years arrives, I shall wait on tenterhooks for their response to new, improved Toryism. |
