Thesaurus / parlous

parlous

How to use parlous in a sentence

Some economists argue that the parlous state of the middle class is being disguised by poor accounting.

One day, while walking the dog, Joel weighed in on the parlous state of the federal minimum wage.

Twelve months earlier, under guidance of Land League, Ireland was in a parlous state.

He resented what he imagined as being the knowledge these boon companions boasted of his parlous state.

If the forgiveness of our debtors is a condition precedent to our own forgiveness, most of us are in a parlous state.

These were no doubt fearful of boring the Christians whose precious society the Jew enjoyed on a parlous tenure.

What a mercy poor Whitefoot was sure footed, and did not stumble, for the way was parlous difficult.

Archy's suspicions are awakened, and he climbs into the pork pie through an air hole, and prepares his soul for parlous times.

SHANDYGAFFCHRISTOPHER MORLEY

I began to realize what a parlous plight we were in and what a roundabout road we must tread to get out of it.

To console her when I myself was in a parlous plight was just as though one drowning man should hold out his hand to another.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985