tightrope in English

noun
1
a rope or wire stretched tightly high above the ground, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
a tightrope walker
verb
1
walk or perform on a tightrope.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "tightrope" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "tightrope", or refer to the context using the word "tightrope" in the English Dictionary.

1. Gielgud, seizing a parasol, crosses by tightrope.

2. 8 YIN MINGSHAN is a Chinese tightrope walker.

3. But Blondin had made the horizontal tightrope his own.

4. Walking diplomatic tightrope, India Abstains from voting on Lanka resolution

5. My clothes precisely walk the tightrope between casual and relaxed formality.

6. The watchers held their breath as the acrobat crossed the tightrope.

7. To young people, going through adolescence can be like walking a tightrope.

8. The drums rolled as the acrobat walked along the tightrope.

9. And went back up and walked the tightrope to the west bank

10. Skinny tightrope walkers, feet weighted with fishing sinkers, traversed the high wire.

11. Adili Wuxor lies on a tightrope during the last day of his two-month tightrope walking performance on top of China's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing.

12. The audience held its / their breath as the acrobat walked along the tightrope.

13. They have magic shows , flying trapeze arts, tightrope walking and even the clowns.

14. Perhaps you have seen an acrobat in a circus walk across a tightrope.

15. Some suspension bridges in use today are not much more complicated than a tightrope.

16. Synonyms for Balancings include acrobatics, gymnastics, tumblings, nimbleness, agility, funambulism, skill, aerobics, calisthenics and tightrope walking

17. An Armenian tightrope walker steadies himself with pole as he prepared to perform a trick.

18. I was drawing these pictures in my head of walking across a tightrope and falling into a chasm.

19. Bystanders walked a tightrope between collaboration and resistance, steadying themselves with claims of self-interest and survival

20. The non-Apologizer walks on a tightrope of defensiveness above a huge canyon of low self-esteem

21. Acrobat definition, a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze

22. She felt like a tightrope walker suffering an attack of vertigo, terrified she was going to topple.

23. Meditation for a leap into the unknown At great turning points, life quivers precariously on the tightrope of obedience.

24. Strong legs are essential for maintaining perfect balance while standing on a tightrope or other objects or on other Acrobats.

25. She sometimes felt she was walking a tightrope, wanting to be friendly with Therese, and yet terrified of upsetting Karl.

26. To become foot-sure and fearless in such tightrope bridge crossings, he practiced on easier ones a few inches above the ground.

27. Aerialist (plural Aerialists) An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope

28. Entitled – Blog written during my abusive marriage to explain why Abusers abuse Walking the Tightrope Between Everything and Nothing gives another reason why Abusers abuse

29. Bortard the reich will collapse due to the inaction of a reactionary fuhrer who simply drives to walk the tightrope between liberal and conservative Nazis

30. He built a story around the idea of walking a tightrope while besieged by monkeys, and turned the Tramp into the accidental star of a circus.

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32. Aerialist Each night, this adroit young lady Lies among sheets Shredded fine as snowflakes Until dream takes her body From bed to strict tryouts In tightrope acrobatics

33. And so my parents and I have been walking this tightrope, explaining our sides, respecting one another, but actually invalidating each other's very basic beliefs by the way we live our lives, and it's been difficult.

34. Aerialist (plural Aerialists) An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope. quotations ▼ (skiing) A specialist in freestyle aerials skiing (obsolete) One who operates a flying machine; a balloonist or aviator

35. Circus Tickets Circus Tickets – Fun on a Trapeze! Acrobats, clowns and jugglers, oh my! With Circus tickets to see one of many ringmasters perform in the nation’s hottest Circus acts, you’ll get to see every bizarre performance from clowns to unicyclists to tightrope walkers and trapeze acts right in front of your eyes

36. A Circus is a special kind of entertainment that can be enjoyed by children and adults.Circuses are a group of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers and other artists who perform stunts.Circuses usually travel about to different parts of the country or to different countries.

37. ‘Inch by inch, the Aerialist in the red flamenco outfit edges her way up a tightrope.’ ‘He is a cat-like Aerialist; he dives out over the audience, hanging on with only his feet.’ ‘The video's an Aerialist on a rope, and she's just swinging.’ ‘He's a remarkable person, he's more than just an Aerialist.’