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As Breath When On Tenterhooks Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "BATED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Diminished or moderated verb
- • To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- • To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- • (sometimes figurative) to cut off, remove, take away.
- • To leave out, except, bar.
- • To waste away.
- • To deprive of.
- • To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- • To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- • To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- • Of a falcon: to flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- • To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- • To masturbate. adjective
- • Reduced; lowered; restrained
An example sentence would be:
- • "He waited with bated breath for the final results of the competition."
- • "The crowd watched the acrobat's bated movements as he performed his dangerous stunts."
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