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Humiliated over his wife Iris's affair and the £50,000 loan she secured for her lover; embattled due to allegations about his financial dealings with property developers and revelations over his and his wife's parliamentary expenses, Robinson's position on the surface at least appears to be precarious.
That meant, in political terms, aligning it more closely to the mainstream of Irish nationalism, which had been disgusted by the IRA's violence and which hankered for ideas of Irish identity that were positive and open rather than embittered and embattled.
As heavily armed soldiers continued rolling into the city in armoured vehicles on Tuesday, embattled authorities in Baltimore were struggling to control a growing crisis in their city, long notorious for urban blight and accusations of police brutality.
When Chase Stanley dummied his way over in the seventh minute and Hodkinson converted for a 10-0 lead, it looked like a long night for the embattled Sea Eagles but, to their credit, they fought back strongly.
In their letter the writers protest against the award from PEN America, the prominent literary organization of which most of the signatories are members, accusing the French satirical magazine of mocking a "section of the French population that is already marginalized, embattled , and victimized".
In a boon to Athens' embattled government, it emerged last night that Russia "was willing" to consider financing a potential energy partnership that could create thousands of jobs for a nation blighted by record levels of unemployment.
Sir Malcolm Bruce, the former deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, said lying in public remained widespread as he sought to defend his embattled colleague Alistair Carmichael.
Merkel used her speech in Brussels to call for the surrender of national powers over tax-and-spend policies to Brussels by the 17 countries in the eurozone within three years, in order to rescue and shore up the embattled single currency.
In contrast to the Catholic church Voltaire fought – an authoritarian near-monopoly – Eisenberg, like Carey, sees Islam in today's France as a religion providing succour to the "embattled , marginalised, impoverished and victimised", a population for whom the cartoons "must be seen as intended to cause further humiliation and suffering".
But the GAA has also been psychologically embattled.
Social media hummed with its own jokes: that Stewart was going to replace Brian Williams, the NBC anchor embattled over embellishing stories, or was going to be cast as the next Spider-Man.
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Embattled functions primarily as an adjective, modifying nouns to indicate that they are facing significant challenges, controversies, or opposition. It often suggests a defensive posture or state of struggle. Ludwig confirms its adjectival usage across various examples.
Expression frequency: Common
