Sentence examples for barely tenable from inspiring English sources

But I do wonder why so many of us working mothers take an already barely tenable situation a stressful workload and school calendar and amp it up until we can bear no more?

Most find themselves in a situation barely more tenable than before.

Mr. McConnell's view — that the statute does, indeed, authorize bulk metadata collection — was legally tenable, barely, before the 2nd Circuit's opinion.

It's just not tenable," said Taylor.

But is it tenable?

Is the distinction tenable?

Which solutions are tenable?

This is no longer tenable.

His position is not tenable.

But the prospect seems tenable.

Is that really tenable, fifty years on?