Sentence examples for precarious by from inspiring English sources

This is made more precarious by the 110 different wines on offer.

The stability of his government was made more precarious by the outbreak of World War II only five months later.

He brags about his ability to discern a United States citizen over an immigrant whose status is more precarious by the confidence in his walk.

With the situation in that country growing more precarious by the day, those attending this meeting must also think big. Henry Kissinger already is.

And this situation is compounded, made even more precarious, by the mountains of debt American families are carrying -- mortgages, overloaded credit cards, college loans, etc.

Stern also made it sound as if Vancouver's chances of keeping its N.B.A. franchise are growing more precarious by the day.

Although bronchoscopy was performed by an experienced physician, the technical conditions of the procedure were precarious, characterized by abundant bleeding of the respiratory tract and a rapid drop of arterial oxygen saturation, all factors that precluded diagnostic confirmation.

"While conservationists believe that this nest failed naturally, the government's own wildlife advisers say that the population had been forced into this precarious position by illegal killing.

For some years he lived a lonely and isolated life, earning a precarious livelihood by painting postcards and advertisements and drifting from one municipal hostel to another.

The grownups achieve the same effect, deep participation at a precarious distance, by becoming obsessed with the statistical analysis of sports.

She is resilient and talented, charming and photogenic, but she is at a precarious crossroads by driving carelessly in the vehicle that brought her such lucrative fame.