Together, these developments point to a perilous period ahead.
Retreat under fire is the most difficult and perilous of all military operations.
South Korea is due to achieve the perilous status of being a “super-aged” country by 2026.
Despite the warm feelings it now evokes in north European hearts, as a locus of healthy food and blissful ecology, the Mediterranean is a perilous place for sailors.
That perilous moment, alas, is now.
Until this week, though, there were also some perilous peculiarities.
Indeed, the more that people learn about forests, the more perilous their mismanagement seems.
Forthwith, very smoothly and easily, they lift Phil into the carrying chair and take her on the perilous journey downstairs with her feet sticking well out in front because her knees won't bend.
But far more perilous times lie ahead.
She works alongside her two daughters, also doctors, under perilous conditions.
Nisbett's findings are interesting and persuasive, even though it is perilous to try to generalize about such large yet diverse groups of people who appear quite similar on the surface.
Whoever bars others from revolution will find himself in a very perilous position.
The waters of the Arctic are particularly perilous for drilling because of the extreme cold, long periods of darkness, dense fogs and hurricane-strength winds.
Jean Valjean had halted at that moment at the most perilous of these crossroads.
The journey through the jungle was perilous.
So for me the shortest days of the year and the deepest cold are a backdrop to the perilous stories of birth and the radiant exhaustion of new motherhood.
The snow and the blackout combined to make motoring perilous.
What fearful leaders often do in perilous times is nothing. Worried that any action is risky, they sit still.
Now as the country turns toward an uncertain and perilous future, Col. Muammar Gaddafi and his sons remain at large.
