Sentence examples for been tenable from inspiring English sources
adjective
Capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
- Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
That view may just about have been tenable even after Hussey made three in an Australian total of 674 for six in Cardiff, and it was certainly not contradicted by a fighting 51 – his side's top score – in the first innings at Lord's.
The Jean Valjean routine may have been tenable when he started in the business, four decades ago, but it doesn't explain why he would still be trafficking now, when his fortune, according to Forbes, amounts to as much as a billion dollars.
While such a position might have been tenable 100 years ago, it is unacceptable in the twenty-first century" [ 10].
The odd thing is that both these positions are tenable.
It is increasingly clear that will no longer be tenable.
Neither unduly high nor unduly low price scales are tenable.
This position may not be tenable for long, however.
Would that be tenable in a political context?
But I don't think this is tenable.
We don't know how the evidence in this so-called report can be tenable.
Some didn't believe that Dan's offer was tenable — or adequate.
