untenable

Example Sentences

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One thing that sets him apart is that he’s willing to speak openly about his bias and the untenable position it puts him in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Those vociferous, flat-out denials had been enough to sway the politicians and union leaders who endorsed Swalwell’s gubernatorial bid, until the weight of evidence made Swalwell’s assertions untenable.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

“That seems like it could become a politically untenable situation, especially if gas prices are also high.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

One Afghan trader who had gone to Iran's central city of Isfahan thought "maybe the situation would get better", but it quickly became untenable.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

This left me no course but to regret that I had been “betrayed into a warmth which,” and on the whole to repudiate, as untenable, the idea that I was to be found anywhere.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens