Sentence examples for for a precarious from inspiring English sources

But his colorful, scrappy constructions resist beauty, opting instead for a precarious if alluring balancing act.

What Liberia needs immediately is for a precarious cease-fire to hold.

The resultant disability made for a precarious school life, compensated for by his defiant humour, sporting prowess and subversive behaviour.

Then, on Nov. 13, their chauffeur rather curiously took them for a precarious nighttime drive through Guguletu, where two men forced their way into the vehicle.

The wood-and-brick structure, with its flimsy fourth-floor extension, has been shored up for a precarious trip on wheels.

"Oh, wouldn't we all?" Mrs. Willoughby said, and took a great breath, and for a precarious moment it looked as if she might sing the chorus of "Let's Go Fly a Kite".

Feels like a bit of a precarious premise for what seems a massive plan to me.

Tentative plans are announced for a precarious-sounding rainbow coalition of every single party that won a seat in the election, apart from the Liberal Democrats.

In fact, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Yahoo is worried about losing even more ground in the future: it's been acting as a middleman for the data in the iOS Stocks app for years, a precarious position considering the many sources available for market information.

For dessert, a precarious mound of shaved ice is drenched with a tart yuzu-saturated sake ($6).

For Dewey, a precarious event is one that somehow makes ongoing experience problematic; thus, any obstacle, disruption, danger, or surprise of any kind is precarious.