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  • As boss of these papers, such parlous statistics should be concentrating his mind wonderfully.
  • It is one of a number of tax increases devised to remedy France's parlous budgetary position. Times, Sunday Times
  • a parlous journey on stormy seas
  • Roger -- you are coming parlously close to trashing an entire genre, which I don't think you mean to do. Cheering the Home Team
  • The manatee has been the subject of just 14, and academic neglect may be a vital factor in its currently parlous position. Meerkats, chimps and pandas: the cute and the furry attract scientists' attention and conservation funding
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  • England's situation is more parlous. Times, Sunday Times
  • The death of Vial left his widow in parlous straits.
  • For if the mind of a dog or chimpanzee contains no element which is immortal, the part of the human mind on which the claim to immortality can be based must be parlously small, since _ex hypothesi_ sensation, volition, desire and the simpler forms of intelligence are not immortal. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
  • The club's position was too parlous and the chairman's appeal was basic. Times, Sunday Times
  • How he behaved in her presence, he knew not; he was beyond self-criticism or conscious reflection; simply the engine of the commixed three liqueurs, with parlous fine thoughts, and a sense of steaming into the infinite. The Amazing Marriage — Complete
  • Either plump to excess or excessively lean; either parlously young or portentously old; — the medium is mawkish. — Peer Gynt
  • Finally, I want to talk quite seriously about the parlous state of politics in this House.
  • The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is.
  • I first wrote to you in May 1996 concerning the parlous state of the hulks and barges moored illegally along the waterfront by Waterman's Park.
  • The accusation that religious groups are exploiting parlous economic conditions to add numbers to their flock is a common one. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was directly opposite the Sheridan Building then, waiting for the traffic to thin before she crossed, though other people were risking the passage, darting and halting and dodging parlously. The Turmoil
  • It is one of a number of tax increases devised to remedy France's parlous budgetary position. Times, Sunday Times
  • But its parlous condition arguably meant that producers and financiers were forced to gamble on new ideas. Times, Sunday Times
  • Is the state of American political fiction really so parlous perilous?
  • Gas plants can be built quickly, and may be the only resort when we wake up to our parlous energy supply situation. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are professed, as I have already observed, by Christianity, but even the New Testament is not free from the idea that saints are having a bad time now but will hereafter enjoy a triumph, parlously like the exuberance of the wicked in this world. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
  • And how do you sap the energy of the insurgency when the parlous state of the economy keeps everyone desperately poor?
  • Somehow, he has traded this parlous position for the heady anticipation of today. Times, Sunday Times
  • These acts of lethal self-preservation prove conclusively that he knows who he is and that he fully realizes that his acts are parlously illegal. Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema
  • But its parlous condition arguably meant that producers and financiers were forced to gamble on new ideas. Times, Sunday Times
  • English tennis is in a parlous condition.
  • The UK is in a particularly parlous financial position. Times, Sunday Times
  • Further, while this will undoubtedly cause further strain on the already-burdened budget of our southern neighbour, it may serve to draw attention to the parlous state of their fisc and perhaps lead to more prudence.
  • There is no use in seeing the parlous situation of the Aboriginal community as requiring increased funding. We first have to unshackle ourselves from much of the confusion that prevails.
  • The railways emerged in a parlous state, in dire need of a major overhaul.
  • Whether or not that support will be forthcoming in the numbers expected is a moot point following revelations about the parlous state of Britain's armed forces.
  • England's situation is more parlous. Times, Sunday Times
  • Relations between the two countries have been in a parlous condition for some time.
  • Somehow, he has traded this parlous position for the heady anticipation of today. Times, Sunday Times
  • The big risk would be Spain, which is in an increasingly parlous condition. Times, Sunday Times
  • The authors are the first to admit that much of the information is patchy and of variable quality, reflecting the often parlous state of official data.
  • I'd like to buy a new car, but my finances are in such a parlous state that I can't afford to.
  • However, another character in the novel offers a less forbearing view of the parlous financial circumstances of the audit staff.
  • And then she could control herself no longer, and was forced to smile, -- one of those broad mirthful smiles that are parlously near a laugh. Too Old for Dolls A Novel
  • This parlous financial position is a direct political legacy. Times, Sunday Times
  • Gas plants can be built quickly, and may be the only resort when we wake up to our parlous energy supply situation. Times, Sunday Times
  • The accusation that religious groups are exploiting parlous economic conditions to add numbers to their flock is a common one. Times, Sunday Times
  • English tennis is in a parlous condition.
  • The club's position was too parlous and the chairman's appeal was basic. Times, Sunday Times
  • This parlous financial position is a direct political legacy. Times, Sunday Times
  • The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is.
  • That is not a high level of income, but when one considers a number of other issues one finds that it is becoming even more difficult and parlous for people to live on it.
  • We come in day after day, lament the parlous state of the telecoms industry and resolve on a regular basis to get new means of employment.
  • Universal Service for Home Defence, but he casts no stone at those who so long and parlously delayed to learn their lesson. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917
  • The UK is in a particularly parlous financial position. Times, Sunday Times
  • Relations between the two countries have been in a parlous condition for some time.
  • The parlous circumstances should not be an excuse for inaction but rather a spur for dramatic action. Times, Sunday Times
  • The big risk would be Spain, which is in an increasingly parlous condition. Times, Sunday Times
  • Wonky - Descriptive of an object tottering parlously in place. The Talk In London - A New Yorker's Report from the Field

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