Precipice

So, yes, do I continue to oppose it and I do think the term precipice was a good choice of words, John. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sound of a stone thrown over the precipice is heard for several li. ❋ Unknown (1921)

The word precipice is defined as a very steep, overhanging place or a hazardous situation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That was precisely what happened in the U.K. at the start of the last decade, with marketing literature on what came to be known as "precipice bonds" underemphasizing the three-for-one losses on some plans, and resulting in millions of pounds of redress being ordered by the Financial Services Authority. ❋ John Greenwood (2011)

In reality, the conferees knew the only country that had an industrial base capable of pulling the world back from the precipice was the United States. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On this account I will call the precipice the Cliff without a ❋ Unknown (2006)

Acknowledging the fact that we are waltzing along a precipice is the first move in taking steps away from the edge. ❋ Sam Norton (2006)

To Holly, it looked as if the precipice was a straight fall, without so much as an angle to cushion the horse beneath them. ❋ STEF ANN HOLM (1992)

Marocco of several thousands, by taking a judicious position at the southern extremity of this narrow path and tremendous precipice, which is but a few yards in length. ❋ Abd Salam Shabeeny (N/A)

Along the foot of the precipice was a row of unsightly and unsubstantial buildings, where the scant population lived, carried on their few handicrafts, and stored their winter provisions. ❋ Henry Mann (N/A)

Heligoland proper may be described as a precipice-plateau, containing a small cluster of houses, a lighthouse, various pole-nets, springes, and other contrivances for catching woodcocks in their migratory flights, and a few miniature potato and corn fields. ❋ Various (N/A)

At the back part of an amphitheatre of rocky summits, Hamet, the guide, points out a little city perched on a precipice, which is certainly the most remarkable site, outside of opera-scenery, that we have ever seen. ❋ Various (N/A)

The fundamental thing in the relations of Italy and Germany, whether Facist or anything else is that an all-powerful Germany sitting on the precipice has been and always will be a threat to Italy. ❋ Unknown (1935)

Moreover by an unlucky chance young Rondel's novel, "The Precipice," was published on the very same day, and as the precipice was a novel one and there were no less than three young ladies prepared to fall over it at the same moment, it of course commanded instant attention. ❋ Hugh Walpole (1912)

At the edge of the precipice was a seat, and there she sat down. ❋ Robert Smythe Hichens (1907)

Where this trail comes down at the end of the precipice is a crag. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Her lips were very grave as she recalled the precipice from which she had been snatched. ❋ Clara Louise Burnham (1890)

But if his eyes are open, and he has his enemy by the throat, the edge of a precipice is a convenient position for hurling that enemy down to death in a quiet way, that the world need know nothing of! ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)