Sentence examples for tenuous status from inspiring English sources

Others are more diffident, as if sensing their tenuous status.

It is difficult to quantify how much of a distraction Randolph's tenuous status has been.

Trucking's tenuous status has been underscored by recent protests and demonstrations by drivers.

Wealth and power can be fleeting, family bonds tenuous, status mercurial.

Ms. Carney's tenuous status comes at an arduous time for Disney's marketing division.

Since that moment of projected progress, the Redskins have lurched toward an ever-more tenuous status with their starting quarterback.

Like their mainland counterparts, they cling to a tenuous Second World status.

Jacob Vaark, by contrast, has brought together a group of misfits who, in the face of relentless child mortality, function as his family and who are dependent on him and his wife for a tenuous legal status.

The evolving dynamic between Idzik and Coach Rex Ryan will be fascinating to watch as their relationship progresses, and for all of the concern about Ryan's shrinking influence within the organization and his potentially tenuous job status, it was obvious that he endorsed the picks.

Fourteen immigrants who were in the country illegally when their relatives were killed in the World Trade Center attacks are still waiting to gain permanent residency, and their lawyer said their tenuous immigration status could be imperiled if Congress does not act.

After 5 years of contracting, I secured a less tenuous "term" status.