precariously
Example Sentences
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You might remember in February 2014 that the track was left dangling precariously high in the air as storms washed away the protecting sea wall.
From BBC
The only way I got to a wedding in Istanbul was by sitting precariously on top of my carry-on bag, the most uncomfortable 10 hours of my life.
From Los Angeles Times
Sajili said he was awoken by a fellow passenger as the triple-decker ferry began to tilt precariously.
From Barron's
Germans ignored it out of shame; Jews, living precariously in exile, rejected it as too assimilated and bourgeois.
Arsenal will spend Christmas Day on top of the Premier League tree this year, while Wolves, Burnley and West Ham are hanging precariously on the bottom branches.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
