Sentence examples for Untenable beliefs from inspiring English sources

Orwell thought Waugh was about as good as a novelist could be while holding "untenable" beliefs.

By loudly espousing extreme rhetoric, yet holding untenable beliefs, they have run virtually unchallenged by the Republican leadership, aided by irresponsible radio talk-show hosts and right-wing pundits.

What he did not know was that the documentary instinct would prevail, undermining along the way the untenable belief that a nation's identity is best seen in portraits of its leaders.

Although the Aristotelian system viewed propositions such as the existence of a vacuum to be ridiculously untenable, belief in Divine Omnipotence sanctioned them as possible, whilst waiting for science to confirm them as true.

This form of confirmation bias can lead to all sorts of untenable positions and beliefs.

The more unsubstantiated, untenable, or preposterous the belief, the more virtuous the believer.

Disagreements abound as to whether we should love our fellow man, despite our political and ideological differences, or whether we should sever ties with those whose beliefs we find untenable and abhorrent.

At The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH), a culture of safety refers to the presence of characteristics such as the belief that harm is untenable and the use of a systems approach to analyzing safety issues.

This of course means that the comforting beliefs prescribed by religion become untenable, but that's all right too.

"This decision comes from a deep-seated belief that it is just untenable to have 2.4 million paying 40p for the Sun at the same time as a bunch of other people are getting it for free.

It is our belief that this may be untenable in our disciplines.