Sentence examples for on a precipice from inspiring English sources

So, in 2008, when the economy imploded, we teetered on a precipice, one from which we have now backed away -- thankfully.

Pakistan is on a precipice, is how one politician described the situation, following news of the Taliban's advance into the country, which is covered heavily in today's broadsheets following international alarm over the development.

We are on a precipice, staring down into the abyss -- and it's not one called mediocrity.

We are on a precipice here.

Everyone in this artful novel is hovering on a precipice.

Now he stands on a precipice trying to restart his golf life.

"I feel like I'm on a precipice, jumping off for good," Mr. Krasinski said.

"We're on a precipice," its mayor, Angel Taveras, said in an interview here.

One has only to appreciate the off-balance images of love on a precipice.

But this year, Paterno's team may be standing on a precipice.

They are sitting on a precipice, staring straight into the void of extinction.