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Precipice
"Precipice" in a Sentence (11 examples)
Another step, and you will fall down the precipice.
The climber stayed alert while climbing the precipice.
Daphnis frequently collected such of the sheep as had strayed, and if a goat ventured too near a precipice Chloe drove it back.
Beneath a precipice, that fronts the wave, / with limpid springs inside, and many a seat / of living marble, lies a sheltered cave, / home of the Sea-Nymphs. In this haven sweet / cable nor biting anchor moors the fleet.
He was driving on the edge of a precipice.
About halfway up, I lost my footing and was as scared as I'd ever been; I looked back and far below there were my mom and dad; I knew they were frightened too and their fear seemed to dispel mine -- or my scorn for their fear gave me courage, and I scrambled easily to the precipice.
The US is driving to the precipice.
The sheep plunged into the precipice and perished.
I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent[…]
to stand on a precipice
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In emailed comments supporting the new initiative, the laureate professor Noam Chomsky said: “Humans are marching towards a precipice. When we reach it, unthinkable catastrophe is inevitable. […]”
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