Not a very tenable position, Seven concluded, searching his surroundings for a viable alternative.
"To give financial support to war while at the same time preaching against it is, to me, no longer a tenable position."
I tried to shift us both into a slightly more tenable position.
Not a naturally tenable position for a bowl of petunias, you might think.
Through his example, Chekov had begun to feel that being caught in between might be a tenable position after all.
'It will restore you to a more tenable position, yes.'
It made his position a bit more tenable.
On the current setup, he says: "It's not a tenable position - we need outsiders.
I'd be in some kind of tenable position to help him now.
I think this is not a tenable position.