Sample Sentences for
precarious
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    She is in precarious health.
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    It wasn't that our situation was so precarious that we were living in fear of survival or anything.  (source)
    precarious = unsafe or unsure
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    He was balanced on a precarious edge.  (source)
    precarious = dangerous
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    As his tunnel grew deeper and wider, and more precarious, Stanley was able to feel latches on one end of the box,  (source)
    precarious = unsafe
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    Quickly Roy picked out one fish and, teetering precariously, plunged both hands into the current.  (source)
    precariously = unsurely (in danger of falling)
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    The precariousness of the situation escalated by the minute, with some of the assault force pinned down by increasingly steady fire coming from virtually all directions, yet the primary SEAL assault team remained calm and focused on the shooter inside the residence.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    If two or three of the heavier boys could band together at one end, they could make precarious sitting for the unlucky female at the other end.  (source)
    precarious = unsafe or unsure
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    The Jeep bounced precariously, the front end nosing so high they saw only sky through the windshield, then slamming down again toward the ground and racing forward again.  (source)
    precariously = dangerously
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    Only the sea, murmurous behind the dingy checkerboard of houses, told of the unrest, the precariousness, of all things in this world.†  (source)
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    The water also ate away some of the soil from around the pillars holding up our house, making it even more precarious.  (source)
    precarious = unsafe (in danger of falling)
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    This in itself is dangerous since the branches are becoming precariously thin even for me, but I persevere.  (source)
    precariously = dangerously
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    It is the good fortune of many to live distant from the scene of sorrow; the evil is not sufficient brought to their doors to make THEM feel the precariousness with which all American property is possessed.†  (source)
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    his father, prospering now, would have paid his way--for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the East, where he was bothered by his scanty funds.  (source)
    precarious = unsure
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