How to use "precarious" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "precarious" in popular movie and book plots

  • The government's precarious stability is threatened by something arising in the outer regions of the solar system.  - Iron Gold
  • Marikozhundhu lived a precarious life with her grandmother (Radha Bhai).  - Marikozhundhu
  • Bharani lives a precarious life with her widow mother (K.  - Amma Ponnu
  • As described in a film magazine, dr Frederick Farnham (Bloomer) and his wife Marion (Boland) live a precarious existence in a cheap boarding house.  - The Prodigal Wife
  • Chuck manages to land it in the Grand Canyon, but is in such a precarious place that he warns Joe not to attempt a rescue.  - The Hot Angel
  • They are compelled to sing in the streets, and thus eke out a precarious livelihood.  - The Doctor's Carriage
  • Her father, a Delftware painter, has recently gone blind, rendering him unable to work and putting his family in a precarious financial situation.  - Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)
  • Julia is being courted by the son of a senator and although she is uncertain, she knows that it will benefit her precarious situation and finally accepts.  - Men in Her Life
  • Arthur, Duke of Brittany, rightful heir to the English throne, is murdered in secret by his usurper uncle, King John, to prevent further rebellions against John's precarious reign.  - In the Shadow of Midnight
  • The extended flight time puts the survival of the wounded pilot and passenger tended by dr Mannheim, in a precarious state and it is questionable whether the co-pilot and flight engineer will have sufficient control to land the aircraft safely.  - Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
  • The largest portion of the rest of the film is a flashback to a week earlier then forward, detailing the events that landed him in that precarious pit.  - This Side of the Law
  • Michael Grant (Ryan Robbins), is a paranoid and precarious criminal on the run, who regretfully takes in a twenty-year-old girl, Marilyn (Allison Mack), however, it is constantly hinted that she may be just a teenager.  - Marilyn (2011 film)
  • These improvements eventually reach the ears of Alexandre Lagarde (Jean Reno), who is also in a precarious situation: as the renowned chef of the Cargo Lagarde restaurant, he has to improve his entire menu.  - The Chef (film)
  • At the Tamworth estate, Barbara and Roger attempt a reconciliation but he collapses from an apoplexy soon after while evaluating his own precarious financial situation in London.  - Through a Glass Darkly (Koen novel)
  • Aiding the Bamulas in their conflicts with an enemy tribe, he rises to a position of precarious authority among them.  - Conan at the Demon's Gate
  • The aliens mistake some approaching cows for a hostile force and hurriedly take off, despite warnings from the long-suffering computer about the precarious state of the ship's systems.  - Spaced Out (film)
  • Set during the early Joseon Dynasty, the film begins with the queen mother and former concubine (Park Ji-young) in a precarious position of having no blood ties to the childless king (Jung Chan).  - The Concubine (film)
  • As the children try to move on from their former teacher's suicide, nobody at the school is aware of Bashir's painful past, or his precarious status as a refugee.  - Monsieur Lazhar
  • When Tellheim appears, however, he refuses to accept her hand or to continue the engagement on account of his precarious circumstances.  - Minna von Barnhelm
  • The aftermath leads to surprising changes in the lives of some of those remaining, and to unexpected precarious uncertainties in the lives of others.  - Codename: Kyril
  • Not wanting to marry the prince after a precarious argument with Prince Oura's messenger, named Aoba, Sakura runs away but gets lost and accidentally looks at the full moon, which she was warned to never do.  - Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura
  • He takes advantage of the monotony and bleakness of the doctor's life to tempt him into an act of infidelity, endangering the doctor's precarious family life.  - Alolam
  • Wong finds himself in a precarious situation.  - Wong Fei Hung Series
  • However, Hae-young is put in a precarious situation when he finds himself drawn to Seol, the girl who will take away his inheritance if the monarchy is restored.  - My Princess (TV series)
  • Ariel tries to call the police, but given his precarious mental state, they will not take him seriously.  - Winter Visitor
  • The two, however, even though they make people laugh all the time in public, live an inner conflict, namely that the two have always to be aware to give a smile to someone, but they can never be rich and happy because they are street artists and with a precarious wage.  - The Passionate Thief (film)
  • Clive), reminds him of his duty and their somewhat precarious position; only three years earlier, a revolution was suppressed, and the ringleaders are still at large.  - Trouble for Two
  • Her situation puts Javier and Isabel into the precarious position of defending their love against the rigid rules imposed by society.  - Como en el cine
  • The stranger observes the meanness shown by the other members of the house, and gently encourages them to treat each other better and to pursue their dreams rather than live in fear about their precarious social position.  - The Passing of the Third Floor Back
  • Despite The Globes precarious finances (it is printed on cheap materials at hand, including butcher paper), it instantly becomes very popular for the subjects it fearlessly tackles.  - Park Row (film)
  • Ig, in an episode of diabolic passion, releases the brake on his grandmother's wheelchair, and she goes rushing down a slope at a precarious speed.  - Horns (novel)
  • Sordello, too, arrives in Ferrara, making the long journey at the risk of his precarious health.  - Sordello (poem)
  • Fannie Brand (Fanny Brice), an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams), a young fellow who earns a precarious living demonstrating an elastic exerciser in a drugstore window.  - My Man (1928 film)
  • Due to the increasing precarious political situation, the Nyalan government insists that British Electric dispatch the transformer via huge flatbed truck to reassure the populace, and suspecting difficulties, Mannix is sent to supervise the travels of "the rig".  - Juggernaut (novel)
  • Kira, fighting to win a job she hates and running aimless romantic loops, faces the precarious double challenge of choosing a next step and charting a course back to sanity.  - Sorry, Thanks
  • The Queen is already in a precarious position, her power base weakened by the damage to New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina, and there are some vampires who would like to finish what nature started.  - All Together Dead
  • Two road workers witness the event, and are able to save Stephen, whose car, albeit in a precarious position, only slid a small distance down the hill.  - The Running Man (1963 film)
  • Duke then grabs Shaun and holds him over the edge of the lighthouse balcony in a precarious stand-off with Joe.  - Darkhouse
  • Râmu can find comfort from now on in the arms of the one who became, in this precarious adventure, his justifiable wife, Meena.  - Maadappura
  • En route, he sees crooked businessman Charlie Durham (William Hartnell), running away down the precarious pathway.  - Double Confession
  • The Coopers initially resist, but after the rope bridge connecting the main island to the harbor proves too precarious to cross, decide to see what Candle wanted to show them.  - Escape from the Island of Aquarius
  • The British royal family has been reduced to the precarious leadership of a small tribe based near the ruins of London.  - Beyond Thirty
  • At times, this puts his employer (Satoshi Tsumabuki) in a precarious position.  - The Magic Hour (2008 film)
  • The events of a freshly graduated young woman in the universe of precarious work.  - Your Whole Life Ahead of You
  • Seeing the casualties of a fierce storm reveals to him that his new life as a subsistence farmer is more valuable than he imagined, but that it is a life subject to the precarious whims of fortune.  - St. Leon (novel)
  • This incident and a sleepwalking episode later that night not only underscore the lovers' precarious situation but also serve as reminders of Nikki's horrible past.  - Kiss or Kill (film)
  • The precarious stack collapses, sending him falling to the ground.  - Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
  • In 1936 London, mature showgirl Julia Packett (Greer Garson) leads a precarious life.  - Julia Misbehaves
  • He stayed in Paris after the end of World War II, making a somewhat precarious living as a business expediter.  - Midnight Plus One
  • C'mell knocks Paul unconscious so that he will keep still while she carries him across the precarious cables.  - Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
  • " He goes back to England and both of them sell their diamonds cheaply, which leaves them in an even more precarious situation than they already were in.  - The Firm of Girdlestone
  • Fearful of his own precarious position, a commissar at the Ministry in Moscow summons a dedicated and humourless workaholic operative, Nina ‘Ninotchka’ Yoschenko (Cyd Charisse), to bring all four men back home.  - Silk Stockings (film)
  • Her father has been recently blinded in an accident, and the family's precarious economic situation forces Griet's parents to find her employment as a maid in painter Johannes Vermeer's household.  - Girl with a Pearl Earring (novel)
  • Together with four other farmers who are in a similarly precarious situation, they set up their own kolkhoz.  - The General Line
  • But in the days leading up to the funeral the question of who actually needs to be saved becomes less and less clear, and the truth of Grace's convictions threaten to shatter all Dominic's beliefs, and both of their lives, to where death may be the only way to freedom… Driven by the courage of love and the agony of mental illness, See Grace Fly slams heart first into faith, death, sex and family, offering a gripping look at the precarious balance between belief and reality.  - See Grace Fly
  • As Venus rehearses for a television show, Beebo learns her new precarious place at Venus' ranch in California negotiating around Venus' business-minded husband, her public persona, and her vulnerable son.  - Beebo Brinker
  • Nevertheless, his assistant, Amador, informs him that he gave some of the mice to an old trapper, nicknamed "el Muecas", who lives in precarious conditions in a shanty town outside Madrid, and that this poor man has successfully bred them with the help of the natural heat of his daughters.  - Tiempo de Silencio
  • Dial is portrayed as a suave, charming and self-assured spy, similar in style, dressing and witty remarks to James Bond, who uses his quick wit and sense of humor to get him out of many precarious situations.  - Fortune Hunter (TV series)
  • When the time comes for his pack to split up to mate and raise their pups, Lobo and his mate find a uniquely secure den in an abandoned dwelling that is accessible only by a precarious bridge.  - The Legend of Lobo
  • Krafft climbs down and rescues the injured Hans, moving him to a precarious ledge near an avalanche shute.  - The White Hell of Pitz Palu
  • Jemima's mother died while she was still an infant, making her already precarious social position worse.  - Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
  • It is a self-created ancient piece of architectural wonder that is supported by the bare trunk of a tree at a precarious angle and has stumps of felled trees in place of chairs and tablesMast Ram himself is an orphan and a product of sex outside marriage, hence much chastised by society is the diametrically opposite of RadhaHe seems genuinely happy to be alive, have four working limbs and is a man easily pleased with two square meals a day, or sometimes even not, and always has a song or two on his lips.  - Patita (1953 film)
  • However, the stress of the situation, the urge to defend Ako and the hatred for the soldiers leave him in a precarious state of mind, and he briefly "gives in to the darkness" much like Nobuo, hiding himself while the soldiers resume their search and preparing Molotov cocktails.  - Dragon Head
  • The family house itself manifests the physical stubbornness of the Stamper family; as the nearby river widens slowly and causes erosion, all the other houses on the river have either been consumed or wrecked by the waters or moved away from the current, except the Stamper house, which stands on a precarious peninsula struggling to maintain every inch of land with the help of an arsenal of boards, sand bags, cables, and other miscellaneous items brandished by Henry Stamper in his fight against the encroaching river.  - Sometimes a Great Notion
  • Currently he resides in Zanid, capital of the kingdom of Balhib, where he makes a precarious living as a city guardsman and spy for the nomad realm of Qaath.  - The Tower of Zanid
  • At Medfield College, science buff Dexter Riley and his friends, including Richard Schuyler and Debbie Dawson, eavesdrop via a hidden walkie-talkie on a board meeting led by Dean Eugene Higgins, discussing the small college's continuing precarious finances.  - Now You See Him, Now You Don't
  • Both serve to show how stressful and precarious their situation is.  - Kamchatka (film)
  • Nick is left in a precarious position.  - A Dark and Hungry God Arises
  • This effect would cause precarious ecosystems to collapse and unstable stars to go nova within two decades, and result in the end of the Universe in a few more.  - The Entropy Effect
  • The novel opens in the home of Lord and Lady Worth, where several of their friends are discussing the precarious situation in Belgium.  - An Infamous Army
  • Meanwhile, the Singers attempt to get through the Pass of Silence, a pass so precarious that the slightest noise can start an avalanche.  - Crystal Mask
  • Stanbury ekes out a precarious living writing newspaper articles.  - He Knew He Was Right
  • Christine has told Karel that she is living a precarious existence as a pianist but this conflicts with the evidence in the apartment.  - Deception (1946 film)
  • They escape the great purge (though Lars is crippled as a result) and find a precarious refuge on a small farm.  - The Stars Are Ours!
  • There the survivors must face the reality of their precarious situation; the ship was lost and little had been salvaged from it.  - Polymath (novel)
  • Her financial position is precarious and she lives in a shabby boarding house.  - The Golden Ball and Other Stories
  • After a confrontation with Bill exposing the truth of the con, Grey lets them stay for as long as they need when she understands the precarious position the homeless pair are in.  - Curly Sue
  • This leads to a precarious encounter with the Magnetic Cliffs.  - Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
  • Roderick's precarious mental state is compromised when he realizes the last name on his list is Gillian's.  - Sex and Death 101
  • The two farmers, Morgan and Angus, have achieved a precarious balance in their lives together.  - The Drawer Boy
  • The novel has come full circle to the peacefulness of the beginning, but this renewed peacefulness seems less precarious because it has been tempered by essential conflict and near break-up.  - Spadework
  • After a lame attempt to act as though he is merely "checking" the windows, he falls backwards, frozen in shock, on the hastily placed and precarious ladder (in a possible tribute to a very similarly acted and shot ladder fall by John Belushi while trying to peep in National Lampoon's Animal House).  - The Psychiatrist (Fawlty Towers)
  • However, he once more is put in a precarious position when, on the cusp of a united peaceful Britain, Arthur runs out on his engagement to an enemy nation's princess.  - The Winter King (novel)
  • Later, he discovers that he really can fly as he rescues Abba from another precarious spot - using a hang-glider improvised from a ship's mast and sail.  - Asterix and the Vikings
  • The series' background accurately reflected the precarious condition of many small businesses of the era and added a dark undercurrent to the situation comedy.  - The Gaffer (TV series)
  • He likes Stellina, but because of his lack of courage and his precarious economic conditions, he would never have dared to even think of marrying her.  - The Turn (novel)
  • Flint escapes their clutches and leads the KGB agents in a chase across the roof, tricking one agent to looking over the ledge by imitating a pigeon (making cooing noises), then reaching up from his precarious perch beneath the building's eaves and pulling the man to his death.  - In Like Flint
  • Leonard Bast had already resigned his modest yet safe position, thereby losing whatever precarious hold he once had on financial security; following which we learn that his subsequent desperate job-seeking efforts come to naught.  - Howards End
  • Their professional respect for each other's abilities, and their need for mutual support as they navigate the precarious political landscape in the Star Kingdom, has led them into the very romantic embrace the High Ridge government tried to insinuate during War of Honor.  - At All Costs
  • The King's Stilts tells the story of King Birtram of Binn, who dedicates himself to safeguarding his kingdom, which lives in a precarious existence.  - The King's Stilts
  • Suddenly overcome with remorse, he quickly manages to rescue T-Paul from his precarious predicament and then catching up to Rig and Charlie, which Nick attempts to shoots the gun out of Rig's right hand and leaving them tied up in an alley for the police.  - Nothing to Lose (1997 film)
  • As the book begins, a leak has been traced to the African section in London where he works and threatens to disrupt this precarious tranquility.  - The Human Factor
  • The islands are saved, but the United States is still in a precarious position.  - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
  • Her financial position is precarious and she lives in a shabby boarding house.  - The Listerdale Mystery
  • His expertise is essential to traverse the precarious paths and steep mountain ridges along the way, impossible terrain for the inexperienced.  - The Bodyguard (1979 film)
  • This placed the two factions in a precarious situation, as each blamed the other for their leader's disappearance.  - Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
  • Typically, an episode begins with a voice-over introduction from Majors (in his role of Seavers) explaining the precarious life of a Hollywood stuntman, and how he, Colt, is unable to make a full-time living from stunt work and must moonlight as a bounty hunter.  - The Fall Guy
  • Their spaceship is now leaning at a precarious angle and cannot make an emergency blast off.  - Conquest of Space
  • When Adam's novel Bright Young Things, commissioned by tabloid newspaper magnate Lord Monomark, is confiscated by HM customs officers at the port of Dover for being too racy, he finds himself in a precarious financial situation that may force him to postpone his marriage.  - Bright Young Things (film)
  • However, his rule is precarious as his wife Anirul has been instructed by her Bene Gesserit sisterhood to bear him only daughters.  - Dune: House Harkonnen
  • Antoinette's increased sense of paranoia and the bitter disappointment of her failing marriage unbalance her already precarious mental and emotional state.  - Wide Sargasso Sea
  • Already in a precarious state of mind, Andrey Antonovich responds to both problems in a somewhat demented authoritarian fashion.  - Demons (Dostoyevsky novel)
  • The tai-pan, Ian Dunross, struggles to rescue Struan's from the precarious financial position left by his predecessor.  - Noble House
  • As the day progresses, Tabaqui attacks Mowgli on top of a cliff, but falls to his death when Mowgli causes him to lose his precarious balance.  - The Jungle Book (1994 film)
  • Bill Cary is a bush pilot living in Lapland in northern Finland, making a precarious living flying aerial survey flights looking for nickel deposits, and occasional charter cargo flights of dubious legitimacy in his beat-up old de Havilland Beaver.  - The Most Dangerous Game (novel)
  • Doug is despondent, unwilling to confess to his bride the precarious position they are in; Brian is completely shocked.  - Cocktail (1988 film)
  • Singles centers on the precarious romantic lives of a group of young Gen X'ers in Seattle, Washington, at the height of the 1990s grunge phenomenon.  - Singles (1992 film)
  • During the season, Chuck consistently tries to use "The Paper" to make money, while Gary develops a precarious relationship with police Detective Marion Zeke Crumb.  - Early Edition
  • As a recovering alcoholic, Doc maintains a precarious sobriety by avoiding the past.  - Come Back, Little Sheba (play)
  • Robyn's academic position is precarious because of budget cuts.  - Nice Work
  • Feudal Japan in 1600 is in a precarious peace.  - Shōgun (novel)
  • The hobbits begin climbing a precarious stair carved in the cliff face that will take them into Mordor via a 'secret way'.  - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • By the time of this narrative, only one Weyr remains (the other five having mysteriously disappeared at the same time in the last quiet interval), maintaining a precarious existence.  - Dragonflight
  • Tim's situation becomes even more precarious in his grade 11 year, because of his continuing friendship with classmate Francis (played by Robert Naylor), a gay youth and Tim's own sexuality issues and his increasing infatuation with Francis, although Tim is reluctant of going public about it.  - 1:54 (film)
  • Something’s got to give — and so it does when Maja drops a bomb on a family gathering and Nikola loses his precarious balance as his life spins out of control.  - Behind the Glass (film)
  • She goes to her poor tenement and finds her feeble husband who earns him a precarious living as a wandering musician.  - Tommy's Atonement
  • Two precarious workers, a pensioner and an old bully discover the sport of curling by chance and convinced of their potential they plan to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, in which Italy automatically has a qualified team being the host country.  - The Move of The Penguin

Example sentences for "precarious" in interesting articles

Meaning of "precarious" in English

  • affording no ease or reassurance
  • fraught with danger
    Examples
    - a parlous journey on stormy seas
    - a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat
    - the precarious life of an undersea diver
    - dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
  • not secure; beset with difficulties

Meaning of "precarious" in Hindi

  • अनिश्चित ( Anishchit)
  • बेठिकाना ( Bethikana, bethikanaa)
  • दुविधा में ( Duvidha men, duvidhaa men, duwidha men)
  • जोखिम का ( Jokhim ka, jokhim kaa, zokhim ka)
  • संदिग्ध ( Sandigdh)
  • स‌ंदिग्ध ( Sandigdh)
  • खतरनाक ( Khataranak, khataranaak)
  • अस्थिर ( Asthir)
  • संकटपूर्ण ( Sankatapurn, sankatapoorn)
  • अनियत ( Aniyat)
  • पराधीन ( Paradhin, paraadheen)
  • परायत्त ( Parayatt, paraayatt)
  • डगमग ( Dagamag)
  • अध्रुव ( Adhruv, adhruw)

Synonyms of "precarious"

  • shaky
  • touch and go
  • parlous
  • unstable
  • perilous

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