We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us from seeing it. From LearnThat.org. [Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)]
So, yes, do I continue to oppose it and I do think the term precipice was a good choice of words, John. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2009] Reference
The sound of a stone thrown over the precipice is heard for several li. From Wordnik.com. [Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese] Reference
The word precipice is defined as a very steep, overhanging place or a hazardous situation. From Wordnik.com. [News for Opelika-Auburn News] Reference
On this account I will call the precipice the Cliff without a. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
At the edge of the precipice was a seat, and there she sat down. From Wordnik.com. [A Spirit in Prison] Reference
'But we have hardly seen anything worth calling a precipice,' said. From Wordnik.com. [Wilfrid Cumbermede] Reference
Where this trail comes down at the end of the precipice is a crag. From Wordnik.com. [The Freebooters of the Wilderness] Reference
Her lips were very grave as she recalled the precipice from which she had been snatched. From Wordnik.com. [In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date] Reference
The water is forty feet deep at the base of this precipice, which is washed by the waves. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
Under the precipice is a forest, so near to the foot of the rock that one might easily pitch a stone into it. From Wordnik.com. [A Boy's Voyage Round the World] Reference
Acknowledging the fact that we are waltzing along a precipice is the first move in taking steps away from the edge. From Wordnik.com. [Why so much about Peak Oil?] Reference
To Holly, it looked as if the precipice was a straight fall, without so much as an angle to cushion the horse beneath them. From Wordnik.com. [SEASONS OF GOLD] Reference
But I kinda suspect we're at that kind of precipice right now--and it is morbidly fascinating to watch. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
The precipice is spotted with them. From Wordnik.com. [Daisy in the Field] Reference
"Near the bottom of the precipice is a curious natural gallery, about seven feet high, which is expressed in the plate. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1] Reference
“Near the bottom of the precipice is a curious natural gallery, about seven feet high, which is expressed in the plate. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron]
Barack Obama emerged from his meeting with Senate Democrats this week to claim Congress was on the "precipice" of something historic. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for Jack's Newswatch] Reference
The hill at this western point ends suddenly, at a kind of precipice, and you look right over the valley of the Avon and the Severn to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Slowcoach] Reference
The precipice is a good place to be my friend!. From Wordnik.com. [stopping by woods] Reference
How close we were to the "precipice" the president once spoke about. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference
"precipice," and in this way managing to sustain himself, though almost completely exhausted by the alarm and strain combined. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
He stood on pinnacles that dissolved in the precipice. From Wordnik.com. [1994 Perspectives] Reference
Thirty-nine is not an easy age to be not on this precipice. From Wordnik.com. [I see other women] Reference
His laughter drifted up to me, where I stood on the precipice. From Wordnik.com. [Record of a Living Being] Reference
We see it in his hungers and obsessions, his love of the precipice. From Wordnik.com. [Hi, I'm Joe And I Love Tonya Too Much] Reference
"The city is teetering on a precipice between disaster and greatness.". From Wordnik.com. [L.A.: Waiting On A Razor's Edge] Reference
But he and the others say that they would sally out to the precipice again. From Wordnik.com. ['Miracle In The Mountains'] Reference
The United States stands on the precipice of splintering the world asunder. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Double Disaster?] Reference
But there are lot of businesses out there that are teetering on that same precipice. From Wordnik.com. [In Mich., An Acclaimed Local Restaurant Closes] Reference
But that comment, I don't know, there's no turning back from that kind of a precipice. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 5] Reference
I lived on the precipice of hating the place and being terrified that that I'd lose it. From Wordnik.com. [Randy Susan Meyers: How Ted Kennedy Helped Me Home] Reference
But the banks keep on winning and in doing so, creeping back to the edge of the precipice. From Wordnik.com. [The bankers' victory dance] Reference
And if it didn't break them, it at least left their season on the precipice of irrelevance. From Wordnik.com. [How Do They Turn It Around?] Reference
Pulled by an invisible claw, Jimmy floated over the precipice, held poised above the chasm. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures: A Memoir] Reference
Krakauer wrote that the exhausted guide must have walked right past the tents and over a precipice. From Wordnik.com. [Two Days On Top Of The World] Reference
That could be a metaphor not only for Monroe but for the New York City Opera, a company that lives on a precipice. From Wordnik.com. [Three Nights At The Opera] Reference
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