Sentence examples for position tenuous from inspiring English sources

Rakove wrote an amicus brief in Heller, opposing the position argued by Cruz, but here he goes no farther than to call the evidence for Cruz's position "tenuous".

The explanation is that the impending retirement of the baby boom, together with the existing commitments to Social Security and Medicare, make the federal government's long-term fiscal position tenuous at best.

Now, Mark's position is tenuous, and he understands it.

But Obama's position is tenuous enough that it might not be a winnable one for him.

But despite their numbers, any advance in their position seemed tenuous, and the country remained deadlocked and leaderless.

With his bargaining position already tenuous, Mr. Boehner needs a unified party behind him if he is to hold out for a conservative deficit deal, leaders told the Republican conference on Wednesday.

Rather, it's that Obama's political position is tenuous enough that it doesn't take all that much bad news – particularly on the economy — for his approval ratings to go negative.

Although the Unione's position is tenuous, President Giorgio Napolitano is not inclined to call another national election until the electoral laws, which is one of the main causes of current problems, have been amended.

Within the company, James's position became tenuous enough at one point this summer that he and other senior executives considered whether he should step aside, said one person with knowledge of the conversations.

Some Labour MPs have voiced suspicion that Jeremy Corbyn's attachment to a pro-EU position is tenuous, that his instincts are back with the Bennite Leaver class of '75 – his pre-leadership voting record in parliament points that way.

But as a non-Baathist with a dangerous family background -- half his family was Communist, and his uncle was executed for being a founder of the outlawed Islamic Dawa Party -- he felt that his position was tenuous.