A dying patient is in the most vulnerable (and final) state of human existence.

Superstition has a way of creeping up on people when they're in a particularly vulnerable state.

Being noble about her vulnerable state sure wasn't working.

I ought to have stayed with the old man, instead of abandoning him in such a vulnerable state.

James said she no longer had romantic feelings for Geoff, but was actually in a "vulnerable state".

She also said how she felt at ease, after being able to see her father again, in his most vulnerable state.

The patients are in a vulnerable state while undergoing treatment.

From this perspective, it is strange that animals would spend hours each day in such a vulnerable state.

That's a very vulnerable state in which to be.

Because of these threats, many populations are in a vulnerable state.