He scratched his head quickly with one hand and indicated the cleaver swinging perilously close to his stomach with the other.

The damoclean sword of use and abuse forever swung perilously over the collective head of mankind.

"Babies," scoffed Clodagh as she lifted her small sister to reach the bottom branch, but the glint in her eye meant she was not to be outdone by her twin, and soon the three of them were scrambling about like squirrels, and swinging perilously from the leafless branches.

The cauldron, knocked askew, swung and shifted perilously on its hook, splashing soup into the coals and sending up clouds of hissing, savory steam.

Long moments later, swinging perilously close to deep sleep, he sat up with a start, and groggily stripped off his hot clothes.

While he swung perilously, everything swimming before his eyes, his friends swarmed into action.

Up to 50 people got in as it swung perilously over the side.

As he stepped off the curb to cross an intersection, a tractor-trailer swung perilously close to him and he stepped back in alarm.

Gaspode swung perilously from the werewolf's jaws.

Elliot's boat spun twice, dipped and swung perilously and then finally stabilized.