Sentence examples for a vulnerable period from inspiring English sources

But as it happens, Leela is passing through a vulnerable period.

Yet the caste switch could occur only if the chemical was injected during a vulnerable period in the ants' development.

It's a vulnerable period simply because one cannot predict what will happen when a patient is ill, and the doctors left caring for those patients don't know them.

"If we did this in patients there would be a vulnerable period of a few weeks and they would stabilise after that, but we would prefer to solve the problem before we treated patients," Murry said.

Under the plan, troop numbers would be kept level to ensure stability in a vulnerable period, especially if the Sunnis were to feel that the electoral process was unfair, or if they were not given a role in the new government commensurate with their success at the polls.

The transitional period from late adolescence to early adulthood is a vulnerable period for weight gain, with a twofold increase in overweight/obesity during this life transition.

This plasticity or "programming" is an adaptive response to a variety of environmental stressors occurring at a uniquely vulnerable period in the lifespan of the living being.

Those infections cause airway inflammation and structural changes during a particularly vulnerable period of lung development, leading to an increased risk of asthma by age 7 years.

In the second stage, immune dysregulation in infancy increases the risk of developing lower respiratory infections that cause airway inflammation and structural changes during a particularly vulnerable period of lung development, leading to an increased risk of asthma by age 7 years.

People going through a particularly vulnerable period will be highly likely to reward a compassionate and empathetic employer with loyalty and motivation".

Miscommunication among healthcare providers is a major contributor to these errors, with handoffs a particularly vulnerable period in the care process.