parlous
Example Sentences
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If even this ponderous pace continues — a questionable assumption in today’s parlous markets — it will take two years to reach the $6 trillion range.
From New York Times
But it has also, parlously, left him without an offramp “because autocrats don’t negotiate.”
From New York Times
Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said the report was a clear warning of the parlous state of social care in Scotland.
From BBC
Liberals will argue that the Democratic Party, and democracy itself, are in such a parlous state that they must push through new voting laws.
From New York Times
Haiti, a country of 11 million people, is in a parlous state.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
