precarious

Example Sentences

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Multiple recurrences of the disease kept his heart weak and his health precarious.

From Literature

BBC Sport assesses their precarious situation, what relegation might bring and if they are too good to go down?

From BBC

It is closer to music than epic, a mesmerizing suite of songs that conveys Tennyson’s private sorrow as he vacillates from unbearable agony to precarious hope.

From The Wall Street Journal

"For Norway, the United States is a much bigger concern today when it comes to Svalbard, because it is more likely to carry out an operation that could destabilise the territory's precarious balance," he said.

From Barron's

The former boss of collapsed construction giant Carillion has been fined by the UK's finance watchdog for acting "recklessly" and misleading others over the firm's precarious financial position.

From BBC