Sentence examples for proving untenable from inspiring English sources

Many Catholic European countries have prohibited surrogacy altogether (although these restrictions are increasingly proving untenable and reform is afoot in many places).

According to rumour, McGee has decided to throw in the towel because his brand of maverick business - not to mention the guitar-rock in which he has always specialised - is simply proving untenable.

But that proved untenable, Ms. Sanford said in the statement.

Clinton's Iraq position may prove untenable in any of its iterations.

The cooperative ownership structure also proved untenable, because banks wouldn't give prospective families mortgages.

But neutrality proved untenable, and the Cherokees signed a treaty of alliance with the Confederacy in October 1861.

I have never heard misspeaking used as frequently as an explanation for statements proved untenable in retrospect.

That means committing now to a gift — and a tax obligation — that in the end might prove untenable.

Resign immediately!" It's still early, but 2011 may prove the year that the status quo in the Middle East proved untenable and began falling apart.

Linda began taking Denice, then a toddler, along to a day care center where she had gotten a job, but that proved untenable.

But those plans proved untenable — the officials figured that the city would lose more money than it would make in either scenario.