All 3 Uses of
precarious
in
Gone with the Wind
- The carriage plowed its way farther and halted for a moment to permit two ladies with baskets of bandages on their arms to pick precarious passages across the sloppy street on stepping stones.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- She picked her way precariously across the stepping stones of the muddy street and walked forward until a sentry, his blue overcoat buttoned high against the wind, stopped her.†
Chpt 4.34
- As Scarlett thought of Suellen's secure future and the precarious one of herself and Tara, anger flamed in her at the unfairness of life.†
Chpt 4.35
Definition:
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(precarious) unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling