in the balance
Example Sentences
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In the world of high stakes sporting events where everything and everyone hangs in the balance on outcome and fair play, video replay is essential to getting calls right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
It’s to experience the visceral thrill and nerve-shredding tension that occurs when two genuine powers square off, with the promise of history-making triumph, individual glory and intense national humiliation all hanging in the balance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The captain was their best seamer on day one in Nottingham and this situation - a game in the balance - was made for the talisman.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Scotland's World Cup progression hangs in the balance, with multiple favours needed to make it out of Group C.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
I stood there a moment, my whole world hanging in the balance.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
