Use "precarious" in a sentence

1. I fear our position is more precarious than we think

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2. All his screens were fully rendered in pieces of plastic furniture piled in precarious heaps

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3. precarious a situation must sometimes occasion

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4. Alec's patience was as precarious as a boulder dwarf dangling from a frayed thread

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5. The possession, even of such farmers, however, was long extremely precarious, and still is so in many parts of Europe

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6. The capital, however, that is acquired to any country by commerce and manufactures, is always a very precarious and uncertain possession, till some part of it has been secured and realized in the cultivation and improvement of its lands

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7. A female’s lot was much too precarious in this harsh world

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8. By suiting, besides, to one particular market only, so great a part of the industry and commerce of Great Britain, it has rendered the whole state of that industry and commerce more precarious and less secure, than if their produce had been accommodated to a greater variety of markets

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9. The precarious subsistence which the chace affords, could seldom allow a greater number to keep together for any considerable time

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10. ” He went off chivvying the rest of the men and we took off and managed after a few precarious minutes to reach the next bit of overhang

11. They had shown care and love at a very precarious time in my life and I loved them dearly

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12. The revolutions which the turbulence of the Greek clergy was continually occasioning at Constantinople, as long as the eastern empire subsisted; the convulsions which, during the course of several centuries, the turbulence of the Roman clergy was continually occasioning in every part of Europe, sufficiently demonstrate how precarious and insecure must always be the situation of the sovereign, who has no proper means of influencing the clergy of the established and governing religion of his country

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13. precarious tenure, and were liable to be turned out upon every slight disobligation either of the sovereign or of his ministers, it would perhaps be impossible for them to maintain their authority with the people, who would then consider them as mercenary dependents upon the court, in the sincerity of whose instructions they could no longer have any confidence

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14. It may sound terrible but we always advise our clients to go after the man also and turn the heat on him personally based on precarious liability where possible

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15. Secretary Alger wrote to Secretary Long, asking him to order the navy to force the Bay at once; but since the War Department had sent the army into its precarious position, disregarding the only feasible plan of co-operation with the fleet for joint attack, Secretary Long refused to overrule Admiral Sampson

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16. This precarious mound was held in place by a single small keystone, the removal of which would cause the whole pile of rocks to come crashing down

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17. It had been a precarious balancing act but one he couldn’t back away from

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18. She did the other side, then each hind foot, with no hint of her precarious perch

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19. I had graduated to the use of a cane (plus the leg braces) instead of the walker, but it was very precarious balancing on the stool before I had to jump up on the table

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20. Everything hung in a precarious balance, and this was the push that could tip things over either way

21. The fact is the world is in the most precarious position it has ever been

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22. A wizened old man was hunched over an over-sized book, while around him an assortment of various books, scrolls and maps lay strewn around at random; candles had been lit and left in precarious positions with or without holders, hot wax dribbling profusely

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23. Despite the unhappy circumstances and their precarious situation, Hilderich barely managed to suppress an oncoming fit of the giggles

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24. True, it was his quest of uncovering artifacts of old that led him to such a precarious position to attract the Patriarch’s attention in the first place, but he only did it because he believed it mattered

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25. room was calm considering the precarious situation down the road at the Daiichi plant

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26. precarious situation they were in

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27. The Number Four Reactor is still a precarious situation that could trigger a world nuclear

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28. The crew unloaded everything and carried it up the precarious trail dug into the cliff side to the top

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29. They were hunter-gatherers who eked out a precarious existence in a hostile environment

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30. As a street urchin I would attempt to steal into ancient medieval libraries created by our great Indian scholars such as Rabindranath Tagore, only to be beaten by a few precarious nobles

31. At the time of Roger’s visit to the Philippines, some of Metro Manila mayors were showing signs of uneasiness, not only for the precarious conditions of the squatters themselves, but also for the appearance of neglect and abandonment that those corridors of indigence represented for their respective city

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32. Through the help of that priest, precarious as the situation was, Roger and Josie tried to live again as husband and wife

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33. In Luke 19, we read the account of Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector who, during his meeting with Jesus, came to realize his precarious position both spiritually and in the community and made the decision to change

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34. well, wouldn’t it? And to me, it’s obvious that such precarious

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35. truth that was so precarious that their whole world, and

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36. Apophis had shown me about our mother’s precarious situation in the Duat

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37. Her life was precarious and

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38. have been honored by it, except her situation was precarious, to say

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39. squeeze what joy they could from a precarious relationship

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40. They exited the cavern and continued their precarious hike downward

41. Two hours later he brought me down a cup of coffee, a newspaper open at the review of the previous night"s Opening, and a precarious smile

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42. I was a bit harsh on you, but it’s desperately important that you understand the precarious position we’re in

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43. ‘Think carefully before you dump that for a precarious life with us

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44. In view of John's precarious situation, Jesus began definitely to plan his program of public labors in behalf of his people and the world, in behalf of every inhabited world throughout his vast universe

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45. Although not sheer, it was still a dangerous and precarious way up

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46. At the cessation of hostilities, he had chosen to stay on in Africa, moving to Maputo and had invested all his accumulated army pay in a small tract of land on which he farmed, earning a somewhat precarious living

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47. The arrangement was precarious, but it worked

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48. precarious position with the church and that her reputation

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49. Life on the Maasai Mara is precarious at best, and life expectancy is far shorter than in the West

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50. Your lives hang in a very precarious balance

51. Children ran and played on the paved street making John's route a little precarious

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52. Between one thirty and three thirty in afternoon the incoming tide is so strong that it would be impossible for anyone to land a craft on Crescent Cove, a quite narrow and precarious little place at the best of times, in order to make his way onto the island

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53. Except for his precarious adventure with Petra Cotes, he had never known a woman

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54. The old inhabitants of Macondo found themselves surrounded by newcomers and working hard to cling to their precarious resources of times gone by, but comforted in any case by the sense that they had survived a shipwreck

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55. There was little traffic on the road, one of the consequences of the renewed Taliban offensive and precarious security situation

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56. In fact, the lack of a fundamental experience in the progression(23) of Spirit designating a new student was the giveaway omen of Josh’s precarious position

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57. After seven years of precarious survival on this tropical island she was skinny to the point of malnutrition and all her clothes had rotted away years ago, leaving her naked except for the steel necklace placed around her neck by the freaks after she had been kidnapped and brought here

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58. For a moment, Mitchell thought to himself: this is a pompous act from a desperate man to gain a cheap thrill from a beautiful woman; one he hardly knew, all the while, being loveless and precarious seemingly compromising the very principles he tried to live by, his entire life

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59. However, our own forces there are still in a rather precarious state, with reinforcements trickling in slowly and in small quantities

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60. Sitting up, his overwhelming desire to uncover the facts of his hypnosis sent a precarious signal throughout, his now, conscious state

61. For some moments, he wondered whether the recent precarious revelations on the Rhonda investigation, would ever be safe with Chance? Would he disclose the information to the authorities, or keep it as a close secret for the rest of his life?

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62. “It is somewhat precarious

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63. He felt very precarious, 100 feet up in the middle of this sea of dark green treetops

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64. The precarious security situation of her two airfields, Kimpo and Suwon, also preoccupied greatly Ingrid

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65. The 30-degree incline had seemed precarious enough when pointing up it; she now had to do a two-point turn in the dark

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66. The American machine gunners easily won the firefight, helped by the precarious position of the Chinese soldiers on the muddy slope, and mowed down nearly half the assault force before the survivors had enough and ran or tumbled back down the slope

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67. Yet, in that parallel history, the United States barely avoided defeat and ended the war with a precarious armistice that only perpetuated the confrontation for the decades to come

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68. investor is left in a precarious position

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69. Herself worried by their precarious situation, Marilyn nonetheless fitted on her a life vest given by a sailor, then helped Johnny put on his own life vest, helped in that by her military experience from World War Two and by the survival and rescue courses she had received in the Pacific

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70. The survivors were however still in a precarious situation, with strong waves raising them up and down continuously and with the cold rain further cooling the soaked men and women

71. The nuclear balance, precarious as it may be, has proved a deterrent

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72. The position of the British Empire was indeed most precarious

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73. The vast majority of the population of Earth is illiterate and lives in utter poverty and in precarious conditions under the rule of a multitude of various monarchs, aristocrats and tribal leaders who too often couldn’t care less about the common good

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74. Major Hans Arntern, the security officer of the MARCO POLO, had also opposed the idea of sending people down to Toulouse without any protective gear, in view of the precarious security situation reigning around at this time

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75. The little I know about it is that most of the human population of the period lived a precarious subsistence-level existence

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76. an uncomfortably precarious position to be in but he didn’t see that he had any

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77. More than one woman in her group swallowed hard then but, to Elizabeth’s pride, none objected to her plan, as they all understood how precarious their present situation was already

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78. However, with the precarious military situation of Lord Arima Harunobu, few complained about having an extra body to help guard the castle, as long as she was not sent into the field with male ashigaru soldiers and samurai warriors

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79. First, many foreign pilgrims seeking healing arrived in often precarious medical shape in Palestine and needed medical supervision overnight before they could go or be carried to the Temple Mount for healing the next day

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80. " Hello?" Said the judge in a precarious voice

81. precarious enough situation as it is without you starting a civil war

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82. The possession of what we desire is precarious, momentary and constantly

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83. There, she fought both in the air and on the ground, continuing to fight through the Solomon, Papua-New Guinea and Dutch East Indies campaigns in the Pacific while living in often precarious conditions

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84. ‘’SHIT, SHIT, SHIT! WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK VERY SOON!’’ Replied Catherine between her clenched teeth while regaining a precarious control of her aircraft

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85. precarious spot when things got nasty

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86. precarious living for themselves sending back small items to the local paper

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87. was obviously on their minds while they worked in the precarious financial

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88. It would be softer than the bough of the tree, less precarious, and less noisy

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89. Because they failed to address the main issue, they left the Ioations in an even more precarious situation than when the Enterprise found them

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90. Monty knew that Syd’s situation was precarious, and that the news would eventually be tragic, but it tore threw him nevertheless

91. He also believed that the Klingon might not actually be flying under the Federation flag, which meant his situation could be more precarious than he had imagined

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92. contemplated his precarious position, he was shaken by the terrible blow from one

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