How to Use high-wire in a Sentence

high-wire

adjective
  • Expect more high-wire feats in this one.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Or tumble onto the ground from a high-wire?
    — Matias Ocner, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • From wire-to-wire to a harrowing high-wire act.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • And lately, that high-wire has started to feel more like a thread.
    — Lisa Christen, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Five actors will play all of the roles in a fast-paced, quick-change high-wire act.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Catchphrases are a high-wire act.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Marketing today is a bit of a high-wire act.
    — Luciana Cemerka, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • United do not play this high-wire act of a three-man defence in every phase.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But hanging art on a wall and inviting the public in for free is a high-wire act.
    — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Even if you guys are on the same page, talking about politics is a high-wire act.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Expect the late innings of every game the Dodgers lead to be a high-wire act.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But behind those headlines and high-wire acts is the quiet, steady presence of managers.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • Both Kate and Rémi’s careers have criss-crossed the high-wire of high fashion.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
  • Still, Tester is thought to be facing tough odds despite his past successful high-wire acts.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There’s a good chance Pluribus will alienate you with its deliberate pace and high-wire premise.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This episode is another proof point that the high-wire glitz of previous seasons is no longer the show’s focus.
    — Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024
  • Vazquez was a high-wire act – just like the rest of her outing – with Foxboro constantly putting traffic on the bases.
    — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
  • Winston’s high-wire act means the Giants have a puncher’s chance to win if the backup enters.
    — Ben Standig, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Bruins had taken their high-wire act to new heights while improving to 8-0.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Annese spent 22 years in the high-wire performance act better known as high school teaching.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Could our patron saint of modern cinematic womanhood pull off this high-wire act?
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 July 2023
  • The movie is an emotional high-wire act that writers, directors, and actors will admire.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The book’s constant mimicry of disposable digital expression makes for a tonal high-wire act.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Enter Email Sign Up His high-wire legal act hit a new challenge this month.
    — Jonathan Swan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • This high-wire act would have gone for naught if Routh had not so capably filled the Man of Steel’s costume.
    — Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
  • The result is a madcap high-wire act of choreography and comedy.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
  • What would normally be a routine Fed meeting is shaping up to be a high-wire balancing act.
    — Alexander Kurov, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Saks Global’s high-wire financial act is finally over.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Two innings after Woods Richardson’s high-wire escape, the Twins got on the board first.
    — Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • Democratic primaries lately have been like a high-wire circus act that’s always on the cusp of falling but never does.
    — Henry Olsen, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2026

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