Sentence examples for tenuous position with from inspiring English sources

Neither "Don Giovanni" nor "Così" matched the success of "Figaro," and he left Vienna for London and another tenuous position with a royal opera company.

The decision leaves Alosi, who had already been suspended indefinitely and fined $25,000 by the team, in a tenuous position with the Jets, who have been tailed by on- and off-field distractions this season.

The trust eventually will oversee the ailing 93-year-old mogul's controlling interest in Viacom and CBS Corp. "Plaintiffs filed this action as part of an acutely self-interested legal strategy that they began plotting months earlier to secure their tenuous positions with Viacom Inc.," according to the motion filed Friday by Bruce Singal, a Boston attorney who represents Redstone.

"This also places the feds in a legally tenuous position that is fraught with political repercussions".

Mr. Crowley had been in a tenuous position for some time, several officials said, and was discussing another assignment with Mrs. Clinton and her chief of staff, Cheryl D. Mills, even before his Manning remarks.

Britain's preoccupation with the European theatre alarmed Australian politicians, given the tenuous position of Far Eastern possessions and the looming possibility of Japanese invasion.

Indeed, guest workers are in a tenuous position, usually living in labor camps or other housing run by their employers, with little connection to the surrounding community, and little understanding of their legal rights.

The victory, just the Rangers' second in nine games since Mike Richter went down with a season-ending knee injury, helped the Rangers maintain their tenuous position in the playoff race and Sather's interest in Lindros.

But she is in a tenuous position.

With every Pacquiao triumph, every career ended, Trampler finds himself in a less enviable, more tenuous position.

And her tenuous position shows just how dangerous a place the political middle has become.