Sentence examples for parlous context from inspiring English sources

All of these drivers share one feature, to existentially threaten existing institutions at a time when the dynamic and parlous context demands some ground rules.

There is no social context — no tenement, no fire escape, no cramped "hive-like" apartment to visually reinforce Tom's parlous "two-by-four situation" — and, worst of all, no lyricism.

Football administration is in a parlous state.

The parlous position of news brands remains.

The country's finances are parlous.

It was parlous when he arrived.

The economy is in a parlous state.

The topic incites me to parlous pondering".

If parlous means "perilous," who needs both?

The family finances were, moreover, parlous.

Mr. Chen's position was already parlous.