precipice

To precipice is to reach the edge of a cliff or a slope. If you're walking on a precipice, you're very likely to fall down.

  • The cliff is very steep, and the path leading to the top is very narrow.

  • The boat was just about to reach the precipice, when it capsized.

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Example Sentences for precipice

  • 1

    The cliffs and precipices of hills allure and excite tourists.

  • 2

    He stood on the edge of the precipice.

  • 3

    We are now on the edge of precipice.

  • 4

    It was over the edge of the precipice in social terms.

  • 5

    While battling they are nearing the brink of a precipice.

  • 6

    While battling, they are nearing the brink of a precipice.

  • 7

    It is the image that haunts the man on the precipice and the confessor alike.

  • 8

    They brought him back from the edge of the precipice.

  • 9

    They both fight to get it back and fall off the precipice.

  • 10

    You got rocks on one side and a precipice on the other.