Almost surrounded, the position was at risk of becoming untenable.

By 1972 the situation had become untenable, even for the monks.

At the bridge, the 2nd Battalion still held out, but short of supplies, their position was becoming untenable.

The situation was rapidly becoming untenable because of the need for fall merchandise.

Shell's position as a major European enterprise has become untenable.

While the political situation was becoming increasingly untenable, Playford himself continued with his job of building the state.

Definitely the right thing to do; his position had become entirely untenable.

You would like a way out, wouldn't you, for to remain here has become untenable, hasn't it?

However, the situation had become untenable, and Johnson was forced to resign at the end of the season.

By the autumn of 1918, Germany's position in the war was becoming untenable.