How to Use perilously close to in a Sentence

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• Plus, anything that goes on your face can be perilously close to your eyes, nose, and mouth.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
• Battling high winds and rough seas, the ship came perilously close to running aground on rocky shores.
  — David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
• And then there’s the wildfires themselves, which this year came perilously close to many tree farms.
  — oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2020
• Now, Denver is over the first apron and perilously close to the second.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 July 2026
• The weather was rough, and strong winds pushed the two schooners perilously close to the disabled steamer.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
• On his sonar, Kerby saw that the Pisces had flown perilously close to the crater’s wall.
  — Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• The whole thing was fun to watch, but also felt perilously close to an extended music video.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 June 2022
• Vlad had saved the last box for his grandparents, who lived nearby, in a house perilously close to the river.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
• First, however, the rock star has to come perilously close to hitting rock bottom.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
• The tow arrived and tried to assist by midmorning, but by that time the boat was perilously close to the reef and the seas too rocky.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
• Three separate, smaller fires broke out in Yavuz’s village, one perilously close to her hives.
  — Katie Nadworny, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2022
• The vase rested on a credenza placed perilously close to the trajectory of the bed.
  — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Taken out of context, the seeming mysticism comes perilously close to kitsch.
  — Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
• That day, Knebel came perilously close to missing her chance to say later that her life of despair turned into a life of beauty.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• A couple of notable tech CEOs are sailing perilously close to that line.
  — Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 15 June 2023
• Just a few years ago, Greece came perilously close to defaulting on its debts and exiting the eurozone.
  — Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2014
• Experts have warned that the government is coming perilously close to defaulting on its foreign debt.
  — Shaiq Hussain, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
• Allowing three key players to run perilously close to free transfers has sparked ongoing debate since the start of the campaign.
  — James Pearce, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
• But between that and all this episode’s jokes about the headaches of democracy, the show is veering perilously close to being pro-Empire.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
• His ship rolled perilously close to the water’s edge during a terrifying typhoon that sank other vessels and sickened his crew.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2021
• The Ravens lost Lamar Jackson to a knee injury and came perilously close to a defeat that would have cast doubt on their playoff chances.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2022
• The war in the Middle East that erupted last October is perilously close to widening.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
• The kitchen's cabinetry had grown dated, and the space included a peninsula cooktop whose rear burners were perilously close to the dinette.
  — Andria Hayday, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2021
• On Thursday, the Eaton fire came perilously close to the huge phalanx of mountaintop transmitters.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
• High temperatures across the state on Tuesday were mostly in the 90s -- and some spots came perilously close to the triple-digit mark.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 Sep. 2022
• Highsmith’s salary might also put Miami perilously close to the second apron, if the open market proves lucrative.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
• The postseason heartbeat that was rediscovered with that dramatic win over the Rams is perilously close to going away for good.
  — Michael Lerseth, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• The idea comes perilously close to becoming a gimmick that has worn out its welcome, but director David Reed’s fine cast has the timing and rhythm right.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
• In the weeks since Israel and Iran came perilously close to war, other developments have for the moment pushed the episode into the background.
  — Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
• As pointed out by Gatis Pavils at Wondermondo, this giant gem of a blue gum is almost perilously close to clearcut areas.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025