| 1. | Anne, clinging desperately to her precarious foothold, saw their flying forms and heard their shrieks. - from Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| 2. | You can't breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence. - from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
| 3. | He falls between the two and leads a precarious existence working in the lighter indoor positions requiring the least mentality. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 4. | We were not allowed to converse for any length of time, for the precarious state of my health rendered every precaution necessary that could ensure tranquillity. - from Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley |
| 5. | His situation was too precarious to allow him even time to reflect on any thought but one. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | But his business was a precarious one and, when he died, it all went to pieces and there was nothing left. - from A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen |
| 7. | We must save it, at all events--but look how precarious the position is--and why Because the method is unsound.' 'Do you,' said I, looking at the shore, 'call it "unsound method"' 'Without doubt,' he exclaimed, hotly. - from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
| 8. | The precarious subsistence which the chace affords, could seldom allow a greater number to keep together for any considerable time. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 9. | For several years after returning from Leyden he gained a precarious living by writing plays, farces, and buffoneries for the stage. - from English Literature by William J. Long |