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Examples of “precarious” in a Sentence

3 example sentences showing how to use precarious, grouped by meaning.

adj Not safe or stable; likely to fail or collapse at any moment.

  • The tower of boxes looked precarious, so I moved it away from the stairs.
  • The old ladder left him in a precarious position on the roof.
  • The company's finances were in a precarious state after the lawsuit.