precipice
noun
prec·i·pice
ˈpre-s(ə-)pəs 
Examples of precipice in a Sentence
Twenty years ago, it seemed unlikely that black and white South Africans could avoid a cataclysmic struggle. How did we manage to turn back from the precipice and join one another in the long walk to a nonracial democracy?
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F. W. De Klerk, Time, 18 Apr. 2005
These are the brave, friendly guys and gals who flip, twist, spin and somersault themselves backward into the sky and somehow land on a horrifyingly steep precipice without rearranging their rib cages or breaking their faces.
—Curry Kirkpatrick, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 1994
… the helpless Cambodians were bused from the safety of a refugee camp to an outcropping along the border several hundred miles to the northeast, where they were forced over the precipice into a wild and inaccessible part of Cambodia from which it would be almost impossible to return to Thailand.
—Barbara Crossette, New York Times Book Review, 2 Aug. 1987
He stood on the edge of the precipice.
scaled the steep precipice with the ease of an experienced climber
F. W. De Klerk, Time, 18 Apr. 2005
These are the brave, friendly guys and gals who flip, twist, spin and somersault themselves backward into the sky and somehow land on a horrifyingly steep precipice without rearranging their rib cages or breaking their faces.
—Curry Kirkpatrick, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 1994
… the helpless Cambodians were bused from the safety of a refugee camp to an outcropping along the border several hundred miles to the northeast, where they were forced over the precipice into a wild and inaccessible part of Cambodia from which it would be almost impossible to return to Thailand.
—Barbara Crossette, New York Times Book Review, 2 Aug. 1987
He stood on the edge of the precipice.
scaled the steep precipice with the ease of an experienced climber
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Set at an all-boys water polo summer camp, The Plague is on the precipice of horror, but this is no Friday the 13th.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 May 2025
After requiring 48 pitches to get his first six outs, Gordon threw just 22 to collect the next six, stabilizing a start that seemed on the precipice of a spiral.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The world stands on the precipice of a technological and economic revolution built on the power of artificial intelligence.
—Gordon Bitko, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
There’s also something about growing up in a place that feels like being on the precipice of the end of the world more than other places.
—Tierney Finster, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 May 2025
After requiring 48 pitches to get his first six outs, Gordon threw just 22 to collect the next six, stabilizing a start that seemed on the precipice of a spiral.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The world stands on the precipice of a technological and economic revolution built on the power of artificial intelligence.
—Gordon Bitko, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
There’s also something about growing up in a place that feels like being on the precipice of the end of the world more than other places.
—Tierney Finster, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for precipice
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“Precipice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/precipice. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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precipice
noun
prec·i·pice
ˈpres-(ə-)pəs
: a very steep and high face of a rock or mountain
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