Sentence examples for precarious shape from inspiring English sources

Public schoolteachers in Illinois do not participate in Social Security, and their pension fund is in precarious shape.

Even the upper middle classes in America are in more precarious shape than the plutocrats want them to know; in New York, they come closest to knowing.

An only child, she grew up among the prosperous suburbanites of Westchester County in a family that was always in precarious shape financially.

The combination left Catriona Matthew of Scotland in precarious shape -- but still in the lead -- entering today's final round of the Women's British Open at Sunningdale, England.

His son is now at an Army medical center in San Antonio, where he is said to be in precarious shape, after enduring years of not just solitary confinement but complete isolation from any direct human contact.

In fiscal terms, the state is in more precarious shape than New York City, largely because of the Albany addiction to enacting tax cuts and spending programs that grow each year.

In a nutshell, given its precarious financial condition and lack of bench strength, Tesla would be in perilous shape without Musk.

But Oracle executives urged that PeopleSoft stockholders accept the sweetened bid, describing their company as in precarious financial shape.

Some Republicans fear losing such a powerful ally in Washington — no matter that his name is Reid — at a time when Nevada is in precarious economic shape.

Such spending has continued as UMC remains in precarious financial shape and continues to generate complaints from its patients, many of whom come from the poorest and most violent neighborhoods in the nation's capital.

Many of the schools on the Department's "viable transfer" list are now in precarious financial shape, in addition to facing increased legal scrutiny.