Jones's chances of winning five gold medals seemed to grow more precarious, however, when Devers pulled up in a semifinal heat of the 100-meter hurdles.

Yet the spate of recent megamergers shows that their plight, too, has grown precarious.

"With each new round of cuts our footing grows more precarious."

Her negotiation of the role's demanding disjunct lines has grown only more precarious, and moments of genuine security are now rare.

Where the money would come from, however, is an ever-deepening mystery, as the finances of the Russian Government, the theater's main sponsor, grow ever more precarious.

The situation had grown dangerous and precarious for the Yankees on a gloomy day at Yankee Stadium.

The talks in Grozny, the Chechen capital, appeared to grow even more precarious this week.

The governor's legal situation has also grown more precarious.

On the way to her quarters the realization struck her that her position had suddenly grown extremely precarious.

By the early 19th century the situation of foreigners in Tibet grew more precarious.