31. Between hardline Seoul and soft-pedaling Washington, the North Koreans have enjoyed a license to keep the world on tenterhooks . 32. These processes are followed by stretching the cloth on great frames known as tenters, to which it is attached by tenterhooks . 33. The garrison town of Highcliff is on tenterhooks waiting for the return of the last British soldiers from war-torn Helmand. 34. Democrats and Republicans were not the only ones on tenterhooks for the 37 days it took to decide who would be the next president. 35. The fear and haste with which the villagers fled showed just how they have been living on tenterhooks , expecting a catastrophe at any moment. 36. The financial markets were on tenterhooks ahead of Friday's key February payrolls data to shed more light on the economy's vigor. 37. It is from this process that the phrase " being on tenterhooks " is derived, as meaning to be held in suspense. 38. We want to get the organizational issues sorted out so that people are not on tenterhooks wondering where they're going to be ." 39. Xinhua, whose articles reflect the opinion of the government, claimed that the improvement in relations placed " Taiwan authorities on tenterhooks ." 40. Philippe Goddin stated that the strips for this story " kept the reader daily on tenterhooks in a story replete with new twists and humour ".
