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  • noun Plural form of tenace.

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Examples

  • Entonces empezó el viento, tibio, incipiente, lleno de voces del pasado, de murmullos de geranios antiguos, de suspiros de desengaños anteriores a las nostalgias más tenaces.

    Cien Años de Soledad 2007

  • “Finally,” concluded H.H., “though my hand is not rich in tenaces, it is always an advantage that the opening lead should run up to the stronger player.”

    VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979

  • “Finally,” concluded H.H., “though my hand is not rich in tenaces, it is always an advantage that the opening lead should run up to the stronger player.”

    VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979

  • “Finally,” concluded H.H., “though my hand is not rich in tenaces, it is always an advantage that the opening lead should run up to the stronger player.”

    VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979

  • When on the declarer's right, the player should hold much greater strength unless his hand is free from tenaces.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • The suit should not be so full of possible tenaces as to make it disadvantageous to open it.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • No true man need blush that he has loved such a woman: and you are both true men, if a trifle obstinate -- _justi et tenaces propositi_.

    The Blue Pavilions Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Dans ces tranchées les Turcs se montrent bons soldats, braves, tenaces.

    Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Ian Hamilton 1900

  • This hand rates to play better in no trump than in hearts because any tenaces held by partner in the minor suits will be protected from the opening lead.

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2010

  • This hand rates to play better in no trump than in hearts because any tenaces held by partner in the minor suits will be protected from the opening lead.

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2010

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