Sentence examples for dubious standing from inspiring English sources
The phrase "dubious standing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or status that is questionable or uncertain, often in a legal or social context. Example: "The defendant's dubious standing in the case raised concerns about the validity of their claims."
"Don't underestimate her," said Anna Wintour, among the many editors and retailers who have embraced her, pointing out that Ms. Beckham has managed, in a scant four seasons, to shed her dubious standing as the girl least likely to succeed.
Consider first the war hawks of previous adventures and their dubious standing today.
It has the dubious distinction of standing as the worst performing currency in all of Asia.
"Matt Bevin now has the dubious honor of standing with a self-serving D.C. fundraising group that made its name by recruiting and promoting unelectable candidates that ensured Barack Obama a majority in the Senate," said McConnell spokeswoman Allison Moore.
A committee of dubious legal standing disqualified candidates for ties to the Baath Party of former President Saddam Hussein.
Mr. Trump originally threatened to simply impound remittances, a matter of dubious legal standing and some logistical complication.
Ironically, it was left to an emperor of dubious Christian standing, Frederick II, to negotiate in 1229, while under excommunication, a 10-year treaty that temporarily restored Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem to the Christians.
A clairvoyant of dubious social standing is recklessly invited for tea, because the old women are eager to contact Sainthill on the other side, but then she arrives with all her suitcases and shows no intention of leaving.
It is the "dubious scientific standing of a general notion of similarity, or of kind" (1969, 116) that prompts the discussion alluded to above.
Second, given our retrograde copyright policy, the cultural expression that happens anyway (The Legendary K.O. and the millions of other video mashups on YouTube) is at best of dubious legal standing, and at worst a crime.
Ongoing unrest, the proposed settlement of New Zealand by the New Zealand Company (which had already sent its first ship of surveyors to buy land from Māori) and the dubious legal standing of the Declaration of Independence prompted the Colonial Office to send Captain William Hobson to claim sovereignty for Great Britain and negotiate a treaty with the Māori.
