How to Use Parlous?

Examples of parlous in a Sentence
The company is in a parlous financial situation. He talked about the parlous state of the country. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'parlous.

How do you use parlous in a sentence?

Parlous in a Sentence ?
  1. Because of the storm, it was parlous for the children to leave school.
  2. People reduce their shopping expenses when they're worried about a parlous economy.
  3. Once a popular tourist destination, the South American country has been ravaged by drug violence.

What does parlous state mean?

If something is in a parlous state, it is in a bad or dangerous condition. [formal] ...the parlous state of our economy. Synonyms: dangerous, difficult, desperate, risky More Synonyms of parlous. COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.

Alexander Ross

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