How to Use precipice in a Sentence

precipice

noun

• He stood on the edge of the precipice.
• At 41-38, the Clippers are on the precipice of the play-in.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• The view from the top of the rocky precipice is amazing.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 24 June 2018
• The group slept atop the iconic rock, just feet from the precipice.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• The play is set on the precipice of the end of a world wracked by climate change.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Celtics love to hover their heels over the precipice just for kicks.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• One that comes on the precipice of a new stage of the Internet.
  — Declan Harty, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2021
• Jones is on the precipice of falling off the edge for the Giants.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• The Supreme Court seems on the precipice of making the same mistake again.
  — Adam Winkler, New Republic, 26 Dec. 2017
• The self-driving car is cruising along and comes to the precipice of the sloped street.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
• Most of the coast is ringed by cliffs, bringing you straight to the precipice of the vast deep blue.
  — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
• With a rabid fan base, Peep was on the precipice of fame.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
• After losing the first two games in Phoenix, the win pulled the Suns away from the precipice.
  — The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2021
• The Colts sit on the precipice of the new league year with an enormous amount of salary cap space.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2022
• On the precipice of the goal line, three Bulldogs had at least one hand on him.
  — Ryan Black/the Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 17 Oct. 2022
• The Mountaineers are on the precipice of an at-large bid as a result.
  — Jim Root, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
• With the win, the Gamecocks are back on the precipice of history.
  — Ben Pickman, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
• Yemen has stepped up to the precipice of famine, and back again, many times over its six years of war.
  — Alex Platt and Mark Baron, CNN, 10 Mar. 2021
• The 87-year-old, three-story field station is on the precipice of it all.
  — Tribune News Service, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
• The country now stands on the edge of a recession precipice.
  — Frida Ghitis For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 1 Sep. 2019
• Three years later, he’s led this team to the precipice of a title.
  — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 20 June 2025
• Words like peak and summit and precipice get thrown around.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
• Here's where the economy stands on the precipice of the Fed's next chapter.
  — Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
• For Chandler, the night began to change on the precipice of halftime.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2021
• The road ends on top of a huge boulder which provides the precipice for the stunning view.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 May 2017
• Horse riding as a whole may be on the precipice of explosive popularity.
  — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
• And in life, Bieber herself is on the precipice of a new decade, turning 30 in November.
  — Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
• The Turkana Rift zone is on the precipice of splitting and forming a new ocean.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
• By the end, the couples were on the precipice of a big change.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
• All this took men to the precipice.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026