precarious in English

adjective
1
not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
a precarious ladder
2
dependent on chance; uncertain.
she made a precarious living by writing

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "precarious" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "precarious", or refer to the context using the word "precarious" in the English Dictionary.

1. Our situation is precarious.

2. Charles's position was far more precarious.

3. That ladder looks very precarious.

4. We live in a precarious time.

5. She knew my employment status was precarious.

6. A soldier leads a very precarious life.

7. They eke out a precarious existence .

8. His political position has become extremely precarious.

9. The situation here is precarious, quite unstable.

10. Are there any twisted or precarious joints?

11. Her health remained precarious, despite the treatment.

12. They were going to cross a precarious suspension bridge.

13. 5 Ephraim does not realize its precarious position.

14. He earned a precarious living as an artist.

15. So you're in a precarious position too.

16. Alive, but in a very precarious position.

17. Her existence is more precarious than most.

18. In addition, his financial situation was precarious.

19. 5 They eke out a precarious existence .

20. The museum is in a financially precarious position.

21. They looked rather comical as they crawled up precarious ladders.

22. It would put us in a very precarious position.

23. The world is a precarious and unstable place.

24. We had to cross a precarious rope bridge.

25. They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.

26. She makes a rather precarious living as a novelist.

27. The Bald eagle's history in Pennsylvania is a precarious one

28. 8 He earned a precarious living as an artist.

29. The Bald eagle's history in Pennsylvania is a precarious one

30. Some residents ski there, although the rocky slopes make that activity precarious.

31. The path down to the beach is very precarious in wet weather.

32. Transportation is precarious and is subject to bad weather and odd topography.

33. He watched the game from his precarious perch on top of the wall.

34. 7 They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.

35. The Copts welcomed al-Sisi’s arrival hoping that he would improve their precarious situation

36. It was a precarious operation at the start — as all farming was in the new colonies—and it became precarious enough again in these past few years to peter out at last.

37. Very few illiterate people manage to have more than a precarious existence.

38. Bald eagles in Pennsylvania: The Bald eagle's history in Pennsylvania is a precarious one

39. For Aerialists like Kyla Ernst-Alper, life during the pandemic has felt pretty precarious.

40. The financial concessions granted to British Aerospace were, he said, of a precarious character.

41. A stable and balanced agrarian economy had degenerated into precarious monocultures and backwater towns.

42. Unwritten rules may be a precarious basis on which to run a factory.

43. Tyson's behavior sullied boxing's always precarious reputation, making the sport synonymous with freakishness.

44. He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks.

45. Germany had also intervened in the Finnish Civil War, despite its own precarious situation.

46. Togo is one of the least developed countries; the economic situation is still precarious.

47. The situation is more precarious for producers in labour intensive, low - margin industries.

48. Washington struck me as a precarious place from which to publish such a cerebral newspaper.

49. The living conditions of many of these migrants in illegal squatter settlements is often precarious.

50. But the balance of power between these two deadly killers is a precarious one.