How to Use precariously in a Sentence

precariously

adverb

• The house was partially submerged, parts of it fell away and the rest was left precariously perched on the edge of a hill.
  — Eleonore Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2023
• The Buckeyes held that spot — somewhat precariously — for the first eight weeks of the season.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 31 May 2021
• Each lives, precariously, with the secrets of those months in the wilderness.
  — Sara Stewart, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022
• The ceiling is as high as ever for the group, but the floor also seems precariously low.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• The channel of the Golden Gate is narrow, precariously so for the large container ships, some more than a quarter-mile long, that move among the major ports in the Bay.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
• My biggest complaint is with the precariously thin and bendy neck, which could be improved.
  — Medea Giordano, Wired, 13 July 2022
• This lady had balanced a carton of eggs very precariously on the edge of the conveyor belt.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
• The baron glanced up from his newspaper and saw a man on a motor scooter zigzagging precariously in front of the Peugeot.
  — Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022
• The duo upped the ante for their audition act, climbing two long, wobbly poles, and standing precariously close to the judges' table.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
• Above the stairs, two pieces of plaster, each about three by twelve feet, hung precariously from the ceiling; two white pendant lights, still connected to the wiring above, hung down from each of them.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2023
• Peter then lands on some scaffolding, places MJ down rather precariously, and takes a call from Ned.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 10 Dec. 2021
• In this wacky activity, the plastic noodles are piled across the bowl with the yeti figure precariously placed on top.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
• Wright, who still lives precariously close to homelessness, has seen one bright spot.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2021
• Right before Alvarez launched his home run into the right-field seats, the fan was filmed with his finger precariously near his nostril.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 11 Oct. 2022
• Banana trees were snapped in half and cows lay dead in green pastures with homes made of tin and plywood tilting precariously nearby.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2024
• But there’s nothing less relaxing than precariously placing your wine on the narrow edge of a tub, or on the floor beside the shower.
  — Olivia Muenter, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
• Diners rush to take photos while a pad of butter precariously slides across the top pancake before slipping over the edge.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• The boys were born prematurely, precariously, at four pounds apiece in a hospital that didn’t have food for them.
  — Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022
• A bit of water that was sloshing precariously in Mr. Roscian’s glass spilled out.
  — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• Can Jackson help pull our democracy, teetering precariously at the edge of a cliff of hate, fear, and division, back from the brink?
  — Maya Wiley, The New Republic, 7 Oct. 2022
• But the Torre de David, in its unfinished state, still stands — albeit precariously.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• The risk of war on the European continent also lifted safe-havens gold and the dollar, and pushed Brent crude precariously close to $100 per barrel.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2022
• One of his friends compares his not-so-humble abode, which includes a menagerie of glass sculptures teetering precariously in the living room, to the Tate Modern.
  — Esther Zuckerman, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• There were some caveats, though; records stuck precariously out of the unit and, as noted by SlashGear, the player needed to sit on a flat surface during operation.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2022
• Balanced precariously on the stone ledge below are a chayote (or choko), a cantaloupe and a cucumber.
  — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• The most potent sign of the quake is a 10-story red-brick tower in the city center, leaning precariously at a 45-degree angle after its ground floor collapsed.
  — Wayne Chang, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
• Many live precariously for long periods before an unexpected change upsets the balance of their lives: a death in the family, the loss of a job, a new child.
  — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• The two-way phenom has slumped at the plate, his batting average dipping precariously close to .200, and Maddon is asked daily by reporters when Ohtani will take a day off.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• On Friday, April 19, Case, hunched into a sphere, balanced a steel ball bearing precariously on a toylike scoop.
  — Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
• On Saturday, the converted warehouse where the two precariously reside will host a rave.
  — Jeremy Atherton Lin, Washington Post, 4 July 2024

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2024