1.   I think especially it affirms the somewhat tenuous bond that join an older and a young man in a father-son relationship.

2.   The tenuous bonds of middle school friendship became their lifeline.

3.   The tenuous bonds that hold two suburban families together have finally come undone.

4.   Younger people have been drawn to these gatherings, and the old and the new forge a sometimes tenuous bond based on music alone.

5.   In the end, though, Stacey and Mike form a tenuous bond.