1.   They portrayed her as a sick woman with only a tenuous grasp of reality.

2.   He has a tenuous grasp on reality.

3.   And, like most lottery winners, she obviously has at best a tenuous grasp on how much her life has changed after winning a fortune overnight.

4.   Because of the high-priced areas around San Diego, sailors said, living in Mexico is a way to keep that tenuous grasp on the middle class.

5.   In much of the Arab world, leaders have only a tenuous grasp on power, and they know it.

6.   Lena is the rock of the family, the one common point of affection, while Hal is sullen and bullying and may have a tenuous grasp on reality.

7.   Haiti has a still tenuous grasp on democracy.