Sentence examples for position vulnerable from inspiring English sources

I moved to a spot about fifteen yards inside a group of four or five surfers — a risky position, vulnerable to a big set, or series of waves, breaking farther out, but I was fit after a winter of paddling, and had the advantage of knowing the bars off this part of Ocean Beach.

Although the Canadian Corps had taken Vimy Ridge, difficulties in securing the south-eastern flank had left the position vulnerable.

In second position, with neither side vulnerable, you pick up: ♠A K 8 5 2 ♥ K 10 2 7 5 4 2 ♣ 8.

As a consort, her social position is vulnerable.

Women in service, in particular, were in a weak position and vulnerable to abuse.

It's such a politically charged position, very vulnerable to outside pressures.

It was widely assumed that their positions were vulnerable after Mr. Heins was fired earlier this month.

It is a usefully calming rhetorical tactic for those in positions of vulnerable authority to diagnose need in themselves as a means of getting someone to do something.

The extreme positions are vulnerable to the objection that they have left some consideration or other completely unaccounted for.

It was an incredibly vulnerable position, a very exposed position, to be in.

"We feel that any EHE learning situation potentially puts a child in a very vulnerable position," said Diamond.