Sentence examples for a precarious fortune from inspiring English sources
Success is a precarious fortune in this country, and people who have achieved something do not want to squander it by antagonizing the powerful.
Mustafa, one of four survivors of a crew that originally numbered six hundred, spins an exciting tale of wild hopes, divided loyalties, and highly precarious fortunes.
Bamford is of course a paid up member of the 'VR is the future' club – but then he has to be, given the precarious fortunes of HTC's business.
In many ways, it has done well to diversify, but it is a precarious existence, vulnerable to the changing fortunes of global fashion and finance.
He and his younger brothers were left in a precarious position, since the remainder of Agostinho Paranhos's fortune had been appropriated by a relative.
This is a precarious position, since Machiavelli insists that the throes of fortune and the conspiracies of other men render the prince constantly vulnerable to the loss of his state.
It's been 24 years since Gary Hart saw his political fortunes dashed by the revelation of a lone picture showing the former Colorado senator in a precarious position.
It is a precarious existence.
Life is a precarious balance.
You had a precarious childhood.
