UNTENABLE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for UNTENABLE, such as:
1. The three windows were still untenanted.
2. The house looked as though it had been long untenanted.
3. Wayne is so contrary that, the more untenable a position is, the harder he'll try to defend it.
4. Finally, on the top corridor, which ran outside three untenanted bedrooms, he again was seized with a spasm of merriment.
2. The house looked as though it had been long untenanted.
3. Wayne is so contrary that, the more untenable a position is, the harder he'll try to defend it.
4. Finally, on the top corridor, which ran outside three untenanted bedrooms, he again was seized with a spasm of merriment.
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Meanings and Examples of UNTENABLE
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untenable
a. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
Classic Sentence:
1 This left me no course but to regret that I had been "betrayed into a warmth which," and on the whole to repudiate, as untenable, the idea that I was to be found anywhere.
2 But when, in pursuance of this resolve, Thomasin reached the van and looked in she found it to be untenanted; though there was no doubt that it was the reddleman's.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
3 I had the further motive that Baskerville Hall, as the paper says, would certainly remain untenanted if anything were done to increase its already rather grim reputation.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
4 Finally, on the top corridor, which ran outside three untenanted bedrooms, he again was seized with a spasm of merriment.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
5 The three windows were still untenanted.
6 The house looked as though it had been long untenanted.
Example Sentence:
1 Wayne is so contrary that, the more untenable a position is, the harder he'll try to defend it.