perilously

Example Sentences

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Perched perilously just three points above the Premier League relegation zone, Forest's main aim is to avoid dropping into the Championship.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Paul Stowe's boat, the Pacemaker, was perilously close to falling into the hole on the Llangollen Canal in Whitchurch, which opened up on Monday after an "embankment failure".

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

This time, they made the leap from software to hardware, convinced investors they weren’t crazy, came perilously close to running out of money—and built a hit product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

For the most spectacular sequence, with the heroes perilously near a neutron star, the filmmakers checked in with astrophysicist Cliff Johnson weekly.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Limping and still stiff, and as perilously thin as Jack, Moniek quickly related how he had spent all this time lying in a far-off barracks, recovering from his injuries.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren