perilously

Example Sentences

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A few houses hovered perilously close—5 feet or so—from the precipice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Perched perilously just three points above the Premier League relegation zone, Forest's main aim is to avoid dropping into the Championship.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The states also disagree on how much water should be released from dams in the upper watershed to prevent the river’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, from falling to perilously low levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

Batting was perilously difficult when he came in.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

I wanted to linger there, experiencing the sensation of something precious perilously attained too late and now to be lost forever—a poignancy.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison