perilously

Example Sentences

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See: America’s crude inventories are getting perilously low.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

First, their majorities in the House and Senate are perilously slender.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

He wandered perilously close to where Penelope was hidden, but merely to pull a book off the shelf.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood