In the meantime, the entire space tourism industry will be on tenterhooks.
You can't imagine how worded I am, sister. We haven't got any good doctors nowadays, either. This illness is keeping me on tenterhooks.
Thee President, being told of the strong earthquake in his country, was on tenterhooks every minute.
The poor boy was on tenterhooks when his father was searching for a stick.
I was on tenterhooks all day yesterday thinking about them.
Ever since, the Irish have been on the run, and the Greeks and others on tenterhooks.
Harry Potter fans are on tenterhooks before a press conference in which JK Rowling has promised to lift the veil on her next venture.
I do not know why, as long as you are in me, my heart is no longer on tenterhooks.
