tenuous connection
Frequency: 3.50.8 per million words
describes a weak and uncertain relationship
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Examples (20)
- The prosecutor's case was built on a tenuous connection between the suspect and the crime scene.
- The police found a tenuous connection between the two suspects.
- She claimed a tenuous connection to the royal family through a distant ancestor.
- His argument relies on a tenuous connection to historical facts.
- The research paper only managed to establish a tenuous connection between the specific diet and the disease.
- There is only a tenuous connection between the movie and the original book.
- Historians have found only a tenuous connection between the two ancient civilizations, based on a few artifacts.
- Scientists have discovered a tenuous connection between the two phenomena.
- His argument relied on a tenuous connection between economic policy and the nation's moral decay.
- She maintained a tenuous connection with her former colleagues.
- After years of no contact, they maintained only a tenuous connection through occasional holiday cards.
- The tenuous connection between the symptoms and the disease made diagnosis difficult.
- The plot of the movie felt weak because of the tenuous connection between the protagonist's past and their present actions.
- Critics pointed out the tenuous connection between the politician's promises and his actions.
- The debater was criticized for drawing a tenuous connection that was not supported by facts.
- Despite the tenuous connection, the two families remained in contact.
- There is only a tenuous connection between the symptoms he described and the illness he was diagnosed with.
- The witness described a tenuous connection to the crime scene.
- The company's new branding has only a tenuous connection to its original mission statement.
- Experts warned that the tenuous connection between the markets could lead to instability.