Sentence examples for being precipitous from inspiring English sources

To accuse the attorney general of being precipitous is, with all due respect, preposterous".

Far from being precipitous, the attorney general had been extraordinarily patient, if not dilatory, in a situation increasingly dangerous to Elian's long-term well-being.

Most Democrats who opposed the President said they do not oppose use of force against Iraq in any circumstances, but they feel Bush is being precipitous in threatening to attack now before economic sanctions have succeeded in leaving that country helpless to wage war.

Their fall has been precipitous.

The fall can be precipitous.

Mr. Estrada's fall has been precipitous.

Air Afrique's descent was precipitous.

The drop-off in scale from there is precipitous.

The dropoff in talent and marquee value is precipitous.

Since writing them, Mr. Reagan's decline has been precipitous.

But this time the fall has been precipitous.