How to Use precariousness in a Sentence

precariousness

noun

• But the episode prompted him to think about the precariousness of the supply chain.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2021
• Some time ago it was sold to A.R. Sauer, and with the sale went the precariousness before referred to.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
• As the air show came to a close, Boeing got a reminder from back in the U.S. about the precariousness of its position.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• Still, the precariousness of the Ukrainian grip on Bakhmut has been evident for weeks.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 4 Mar. 2023
• But the past year’s constant reminders of the precariousness of Black life in America were a heavy thing for both of them to carry as well.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
• There was a collective silence about the precariousness of the process, and the critics were punished.
  — Fox News, 13 Sep. 2022
• The objects are topped with windmill weights that increase the sense of precariousness.
  — Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2022
• Working in tandem to keep both the gameplay and the technical aspects of the show on the rails, the frenzy of their overlapping roles adds a precariousness to the house of cards vibe of the show.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
• But in the midst of all this precariousness, there are organizations like the CFDA that are here to help.
  — Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Aug. 2020
• The precariousness of most women’s jobs has been revealed; more needs to be done to address gender pay gaps.
  — Editorial Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
• That precariousness, and her response to it, will define her path in the show’s fourth and final season, which has its first episode Sunday.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
• To add to the precariousness of it all was the fact that the young woman who had always found a refuge in songwriting could no longer find her well of inspiration.
  — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• The silent moment on the field had been a reminder of the precariousness of the human condition, how quickly a light can be extinguished.
  — Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 2 July 2021
• Last month, Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan forced the world to notice the precariousness of the island’s existence.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
• Houston can offer these people a hand, but Mr. Turner is not promising to end the precariousness of their lives.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• Jess Nelson in Michigan has seen both the precariousness and value of open adoptions.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2023
• Still, the pandemic has further exposed the precariousness of housing for renters in the region.
  — Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
• The presence of money — the need for it, the lack of it, the work needed to be done to obtain it, the precariousness of it, the anxiety of deadlines missed — also makes Zambreno’s work so essential.
  — Alicia Kennedy, refinery29.com, 30 June 2021
• When there are layoffs, those who survive the cuts are reminded of the precariousness of at-will employment.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• That many of the galleries on this list no longer exist, or exist now in very different forms, underscores the precariousness of the gallery model.
  — Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• But others say the precariousness of the businesses is the broader question.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 3 May 2021
• But their initial panic speaks to the siblings’ painful awareness of the precariousness of their positions.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2022
• There is a way in which this boutique item, which does not present itself as a book about race, brings the precariousness of Baldwin’s position into focus.
  — Time, 30 Apr. 2021
• The story maintains its stakes, aware of the precariousness of its characters’ joy in the face of transphobic violence and the AIDS epidemic.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2021
• But a storm in the winter of 2018 underscored the city’s precariousness, with rivers of seawater coursing through Seaport streets, and a viral video of a Dumpster bobbing past the brick-and-beam buildings of Fort Point.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2022
• Spending time with McKillop is a sobering warning about the precariousness of chicken health.
  — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2017
• One theory has been that this pressure, plus the growing precariousness of the middle class, has played a role in driving students like him toward hard-skill majors.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• After a year of financial precariousness for so many, those who have the means may be setting 2021 money resolutions to get back on track.
  — cleveland, 6 Mar. 2021
• The mother of a child from Ecuador who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the precariousness of her family’s housing described with pride how her eighth-grader was named to the honor roll.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
• The first few runs were difficult to watch—especially live—just given the sheer level of precariousness.
  — Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024