Sentencedict.com
 Directly to word page Vague search(google)
Home > Precarious in a sentence

Precarious in a sentence

  up(8)  down(2)
Sentence count:126+8Posted:2016-10-22Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: criticaldangerousdelicatehazardousshakyticklishtouchyuncertainunsafeunsoundunsureSimilar words: variousnefariouscuriousgloriousimperiousdeliriouspenuriouslugubriousMeaning: [prɪ'kerɪəs /-'keər-]  adj. 1. affording no ease or reassurance 2. fraught with danger 3. dangerously insecure 4. not secure; beset with difficulties. 
Random good picture Not show
31. Levin is in a precarious state of health.
32. Grand Isle is a precarious headland, little more than a sandy breakwater, a mile across and less in some places.
33. In the 1700S, when science itself was new, most subjects were in this precarious state.
34. For centuries, their descendants led a harsh and precarious existence, relying heavily on the sea to provide food.
35. In his precarious state he became a friend of Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan.
36. The health of some of the hunger strikers was reported on May 31 to be precarious.
37. Positions might have been changed and the precarious political balance upset by any intensification of the spiritual pollution campaign.
38. In essence the surrealist quandary minors the avant-garde's precarious existence.
39. Yet charities' resources are often severely limited and funding in this sector is notoriously precarious.
40. The result was seen as having strengthened the somewhat precarious position of Prime Minster Toshiki Kaifu within the party.
41. The history of astronomy also disclosed a succession of hypotheses, which made claims for physical truth look precarious.
42. And his complex emotional relationship with Elizabeth, which I had but glimpsed, made the situation that much more precarious.
43. A stable and balanced agrarian economy had degenerated into precarious monocultures and backwater towns.
44. Nature is a precarious system, likely to accelerate to catastrophe if tampered with, is one extreme view.
45. One must be held by May 1997 anyway, even if the precarious Conservative majority holds.
46. On both sides some artists lived a precarious existence while their more successful colleagues lived well.
47. Because of its sometimes precarious economic position, no rank would refuse to accept the king's wage.
48. What seems clear to an outsider, however, is that in the Fouassis family survival seemed a precarious business.
49. If Britain's intervention was purely military, it would be right to describe it as precarious.
50. In the years that followed, achievements by one side or the other alternated, maintaining a precarious balance of power.
51. Getting into the precarious cable car, the ebullient engineer had himself hauled to the far side and back again.
51. Wish you can benefit from sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
52. However, this relative prosperity tends to obscure the precarious living conditions of the 3.5m Kurds who live in the area.
53. The bottle was in a precarious position on the edge of the table.
54. His hand closed over grass which was instantly torn from the soft earth and his boots were dislodged from their precarious footholds.
55. And now those precarious narrow roads were hard to find.
56. Despite Zborowski's frantic efforts to sell his work, Modigliani's living was still very precarious.
57. The release of the individual from accountability lays a precarious basis for a new democratic political culture.
58. As the war continued, the position of southerners became more precarious.
59. The sets include a precarious raked stage and symbolic elements that reveal themselves as the opera unfolds.
60. The market system holds out opportunities for the peasant, but it also makes his situation more precarious.
More similar words: variousnefariouscuriousgloriousimperiousdeliriouspenuriouslugubriousmysteriouslaboriouslypreviouspreviouslyrecalltake careapothecarytake care ofscenariopreciseprecedeimprecisepreciselyenviousnoxiousanxiousdubiousobviousdepreciateappreciateofficiousatrocious
Total 126, 30 Per page  2/5  «first  pre  next  last»  goto
Leave a comment
Welcome to leave a comment about this page!
Your name:
Latest commentsInto the comment page>>
More words