How to Use vulnerable in a Sentence

vulnerable

adjective
  • The troops were in a vulnerable position.
  • The fort was undefended and vulnerable.
  • He was very vulnerable after his divorce.
  • And what does helping the vulnerable do to the rescuers and the rescued?
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2017
  • And the poorest and most vulnerable are on the front line of crisis.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN, 25 July 2022
  • That means vulnerable countries could be in for a shock when the bank takes the money away.
    Jack Ewing, New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • For me, punk is about being kind to the most vulnerable.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2021
  • But when the wind is calm and players can launch the ball high, the courses are vulnerable to low scores.
    Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 15 July 2019
  • There are many reasons why the young brain is so vulnerable.
    Frederica Perera, Time, 21 Nov. 2022
  • At core, this is a question of helping the most vulnerable among us.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
  • The lenses in children’s eyes are clear and thus more vulnerable to light.
    Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 14 July 2017
  • Women who are at their most vulnerable and are most in need.
    Hillary Kelly, Glamour, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Will this do enough to ensure vaccines go to the most vulnerable or needy of school aged children?
    CBS News, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Be sure to check on those who are vulnerable in these types of conditions.
    Janice Dean, Fox News, 6 July 2022
  • Oregon crept closer to the big time, but looked and felt vulnerable.
    John Canzano | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2019
  • As in other parts of the world, unscrupulous lenders prey on the most vulnerable.
    The Economist, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Make sure the elderly, the vulnerable, stay in one room.
    Fox News, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Some women don’t have a lot of friends; that makes them vulnerable to abuse.
    Sandra Shea, Philly.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • But some of the most vulnerable victims of hurricanes are pets.
    Megan Friedman, Country Living, 11 Sep. 2018
  • But this show has taught me that I'm allowed to be vulnerable.
    Samantha Incorvaia, azcentral, 8 June 2019
  • It can’t be helped, and these kids are among the most vulnerable to infection.
    al, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The Jaguars' secondary was up and down, vulnerable to giving up the big play a few times.
    John Reid, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Children and teens are vulnerable, and that’s why there are laws to protect them.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2021
  • This also works to protect potted tulips, which seem even more vulnerable than ones in the ground.
    Nancy Brachey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And it’s left the entire country, and the world that consumes its wares, vulnerable.
    Madeline Ashby, WIRED, 17 July 2023
  • His openness to show emotion is kind of a rare thing for men to do in general, to be vulnerable in that way.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Aside from that, those with mild or no symptoms also can spread the virus to others who are more vulnerable.
    Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward, Houston Chronicle, 5 July 2020
  • There are concerns that the US is even more vulnerable.
    Morgan Meaker, Wired, 28 Feb. 2022
  • This sequence was very vulnerable to that type of logic.
    Vulture, 31 Jan. 2023
  • More and more, people show up vulnerable, to be seen in their struggle and in their healing.
    Nina Bahadur, SELF, 27 Apr. 2020

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