Sentence example with the word 'parlous'

parlous

alarming, bad, critical, dangersome, explosive, hairy, iffy, menacing, perilous, risky, threatening, ugly

Definition adj. fraught with danger

Last update: June 16, 2015


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Steve, thou art in a parlous way.   [Please select]

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Well, I am glad that you have come back safely, young master, for we heard of parlous doings in London.   [Please select]

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The nymph-laden band resumed the parlous path and the Goldfish received a double windfall: the Ants and their prizes.   [Please select]

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"There's a parlous lump upon his forehead where it struck the thwart," said the minister, "but the life's yet in him."   [Please select]

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Entering a large hut, I found the lady so impolitely named "the Old Cow" in a parlous state.   [Please select]

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"You have done me a parlous ill turn, Cousin Reuben," he said sadly to his cousin, "by bidding me hide this matter from my wife."   [Please select]

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However, he was as far from guessing what was in my mind as he was from doubting Smith's sincerity; and encouraged by the latter's assent he continued: "It is parlous strange to me, Mr."   [Please select]

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