I'm new both to LaTeX and to the forum - nice to meet you all!

I've been having a problem getting column vectors to display in a way that they don't interrupt the flow of the text. I have 3-vectors that I'd ideally like to display inline with minimal disruption to the line spacing above or below.
Currently I've been using:
\newcommand{\tvect}[3]{ \begin{pmatrix} #1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{pmatrix} } ... $\tvect{1}{2}{3}$
to define the 3-vector, but that's making a huge vector and messing up the flow of the text.
Any advice?
Thanks,
George