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Sentence Examples He dozed lightly in a rickety wooden chair tilted precariously back on the far stable wall. I resolve to take out the trash in a timely manner rather than continue piling things precariously on top of an already overstuffed trash bin. Billy pulled his gun out of the holster on his belt and stepped precariously into the farmhouse. As it backs up near one of the houses, a chatter of excitement erupts from the people perched precariously on top of its cargo. We spotted an old man precariously perched on top of a pile of rubble, searching for something. Her design provides a steeply raked underlit playing area upon which the actors perch precariously. Converted into coins, the money he'd borrowed from his wife nearly filled the pickle jar he balanced precariously on his lap. If a policeman on horseback represents the immovable object, a cop straddling a bike represents a precariously balanced man on wheels. He pulled up on his ice tools, their picks precariously dug into soft snow. He lowered the pince-nez which attached itself precariously to the end of his flattened nose. But you cannot really spare the time for that because you may be clinging precariously to a cliff face, attached to ropes and pitons. She scrambled frantically at the rock with her left, found a fingerhold and dangled precariously over a vertical drop. It took no more than a second for the door to snap open and a portly man to emerge, balancing two doughnuts precariously in one hand. Her portly body was perched on a small stool precariously, looking like she would fall off if she shifted even slightly. Her crown was precariously perched on the curls piled between the twin poufs, and looked as if it might fall off at any minute. The stage resembled an oblong squash court with seating perched precariously on scaffolding above the set. These works portray a San Francisco of exaggerated hills, where buildings cling precariously to steeply sloping cliffs. Entire clusters of painted wood strips were raised off the ground by a pair of precariously positioned folding tables. In the first of many gripping scenes, a horrendous accident leaves all three hanging precariously by one rope. They sit precariously on top of one another on a square of unpainted plywood around which are scattered little metal balls of varying sizes. Show More Sentences They propel themselves forward without toppling the wine bottles perched precariously on their hats. The painting depicts two naked figures balancing precariously on a fish-filled wooden boat. The professor and his wife find their union precariously balanced between life and death. Even if programmatically attractive, this is a precariously fragile hypothesis. Its economy is precariously dependent upon foreign trade, and foreign trade is an immediate casualty of war. In a culture like theirs, so precariously balanced between nature and culture, such reactionary Calvinist rhetoric seems odd. They were always careful not to saw away the branch upon which their own livelihood was precariously, if tenaciously, hanging. On the basis of this analysis, it would seem that the answer lies precariously between the last two possibilities. His performance here finds him teetering precariously between majesty and ludicrousness. Labour backbenchers precariously hanging on to marginal seats began to stir. It gives the band an ability to loose the reigns and do something that precariously walks the line between excitement and embarrassment. With that high center of gravity you're twice as likely as some putz in a Pontiac to tip precariously onto two wheels. A tall dark waiter in a tuxedo waltzed by, an amazingly large tray laden with dishes precariously balanced above his head. They made their way over, wavering precariously, and collapsed at his feet. The ship rocked and the candles wavered precariously, on the edge of shrouding them in darkness. My upper body wavered precariously and my eyes watered as I caught sight of the drop below. Despite their doubts these men clung precariously to some idea of God, unwilling to jettison Him altogether. The break was a long gulley, and the road climbed precariously and steeply along its edge. The tiny but sturdy craft was tossed precariously by the rip tides created in the close waterway. An overfull roll-your-own dangles precariously from his ever-present cigarette holder. Show More Sentences All the separate pieces are precariously held together with glue, tape, tacks, and pins. The villagers cook on open fires with precariously balanced pots, which result in many scalds and burns. She teetered precariously before moving once again to position her feet solidly on the ground. Today he danced precariously on the summit, mashing to a pulp the thick green leaves of a branch of pig's-face under his feet. I like my chips open or wrapped, with a crisp wedge of battered cod perched precariously on top. A woman at the bar on the tier above us held her drink precariously over mom's head. We see this person surfing the web, bean sprout sandwich perched precariously on his lap. Beneath the cries of curlews, low tongues of land balance precariously between sea and marsh. Steep winding alleys lead past precariously terraced houses and open on to plazas with churches and bell towers. Henderson earned his corn with a blinding save from Terriers dangerman Chris Brandon as City clung precariously to their lead. You may see stiff-winged fulmars gliding effortlessly, or hear them cackling as they sit precariously on ledges incubating single eggs. So far, 2,426 homes have been destroyed in the mudslides, many built precariously in hillside shantytowns. As in all the best musicals, the potential for calamity hangs precariously throughout the movie. Luckily, it caught a jar full of pencils, already unstable and perched precariously on the edge of the desk. The last remaining member of the Hail family rose from her seat, balancing precariously on unstable legs. Her disheveled head appeared, and with the wagon shaking precariously, she managed to climb out onto the box seat. A gripping and ultimately enduring release borne of a timeless song craft and precariously married to a deeply maddening anxious hurt. There was the man who could balance on the most precariously stacked barrels. With my toes perched precariously on a nub of rock, I frantically search for the next handhold. She is clutching at the grass, precariously hanging over the cliff and screaming as crumbling rocks fall to the water below. Show More Sentences Then, balancing precariously on a stepladder, I rethreaded the rods in the fixture and repositioned all the glass frames except one. From there a path twists its way through outcropping crags and tiny lochans to the summit, perched precariously on top of its own little crag. For the next six years I learned to live the way the rest of the world lives, on credit and a precariously balanced checkbook. As if some juice necessary for the lubrication of her faculties were spontaneously squirted, she began precariously dipping among the blues and umbers. Part of Selby town centre was cordoned off when the gable end of a shop was struck by lightning, leaving a chimney stack poised precariously over a busy shopping street. Often people join the conversations from above, hanging over the rails of the many furbelowed wrought-iron fire escapes precariously fastened to house fronts. One was the mind of the bomber, Humam al-Balawi, a man who flitted precariously between opposing camps. On the right side of the fall line, but precariously close to the precipice. In the end, due to the meagerness of both our resources and our carpentry skills, we settled on a balance constructed of wood and a precariously balanced wire hanger. But there are many more people balancing precariously on the verge of indigence. They're high, but not precariously so, and are being shown with thin black socks. As they came upon the balcony guarded precariously by a short fence of black steel, Tia gazed up at the midnight sky, bedazzled by its sudden beauty. Christine lunged at Denton again, the Master backhanding her to send her precariously near the edge of the roof, her head spinning from the force of the blow. Everything else had to be balanced precariously on top of surfaces. Iceland sits precariously atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a vast undersea mountain range whose subsurface volcanoes account for much of the country's tumultuous terrain. David raised his eyebrows, and his skull ring wobbled precariously. I have to contend with Thai-roasted pheasant with sweet yams and shitake mushrooms, balanced precariously on a writhing pepper and black bean sauce. Like a precariously balanced house of cards, the McCartney team collapsed on the eve of a high-profile 2001 launch, due to be held in Trafalgar Square. Can there be a more dubious moment in the entire poem than this precariously enjambed impersonation of prophetic forthspeaking? The decision left Burgoyne precariously isolated, and left the Americans confounded at the decision. Show More Sentences In botany, an example of an ice age relict plant population is the Snowdon lily, notable as being precariously rare in Wales. The prang is surrounded by walls, which are in turn surrounded by smaller prangs and chedis, some of which are rather precariously supported. I was hanging precariously from the limbs of a tree that itself was perched venturously on the steep slope. Brighton are dangling precariously three points above the drop zone after Nicky Forster's goal gave Reading the 1-0 win. I watched in slow motion as he elevated a sloppy spoonful to his mouth and a great splodge of the goo hovered precariously on the edge. Those women who are not alone are often only precariously coupled. I am sitting on a British Airways Boeing 777 slurping a little Glen Fiddich, precariously balanced on my neighbour's pull-out table waiting to fall. In the background were impossible castles and castlettes, precariously perched on isolated pinnacles of rock, which broke out here and there with unlikely trees. It records a found event, two black men carrying potted palms whom McQueen followed down a London street, the greenery waving precariously above their heads. It is in this context that I have been contemplating the Phalaenopsis orchid, received a few days ago as a gift and now perched precariously on my kitchen windowsill. The creoles' legitimacy as a neofeudal elite thus hinged rather precariously, not on a natural right of birth, but exclusively on a spotless record in imperial service. And then it was plonked on a tray with roughly the size and structural integrity of a beermat, two drinks precariously balanced one atop the other. According to the doomsday clock hanging precariously on NCUA's wall, the industry is running out of time to cure this Salvador Daliesque rulemaking psychosis. One worshipper, wearing rings on his fingers and a jean jacket, thumbs through a siddur, a kippah precariously perched on his mass of untamed curls. Examples from Classical Literature He labours to bear in mind, how undeservedly they are often bestowed, how precariously they are always possessed. Were they to remain there all their lives, subsisting precariously on game and roots? They seemed half-decipherable signposts which tempted him perplexingly and precariously from his path. It seemed to him he remained there precariously alone with the stanchion for a long, long time. Bear Creek demanded of an Ishmael who lived precariously by chuck-a-luck. Any society in which food and population are precariously balanced is ripe for Malthusian analysis. Without a landscape behind them, and in cold colours, the restless couple in Sleeping Partners balance precariously, angular and unsupported. Friar Mathieu turned and teetered precariously at the top of the steps. The parish house seemed to float precariously on its surface. Up this river and its branches they kept for two or three days, supporting themselves precariously upon fish. I precariously walked into the room guarded by this tall gentleman wearing glasses, with iron gray hair, his wool sweater enlivened by a bow tie. It then appeared how precariously it had stood for many years. But its existence was precariously balanced on public trust. Waltzers spun around precariously for a matter of fifteen seconds and then went scurrying down to the rail as if they meant to go overboard. Clinging precariously, the men descended their side till the spray was flying about them. Vine vigorous, precariously hardy, lacking in productiveness. She was a shell, filled with a conflagration, and on the outside of the shell, clinging precariously, the little motes of men, by pull and haul, helped her in the battle. Council bosses ordered yesterday's demolition at Cayton Bay, near Scarborough, North Yorks, after a massive landslip left two properties precariously close to the edge. Clinging precariously to this new hold the jed slowly drew in the landing leather, down which he had clambered until he could grasp the hook at its end. Here and there, in places, small twisted manzanitas were rooted precariously, but in the main, save for weeds and grass, that portion of the canon was bare. Find more words! 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