Sentences with phrase «seem on the precipice»

That leaves Spieth and McIlroy, who won his third major at 25 and seemed on the precipice of legendary greatness after hoisting the PGA trophy three years ago.

I'm not sure what's more hilarious, Lundgren's wonderfully sincere line delivery or the fact that all of the other actors seem on the precipice of explosive laughter.

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Closer to home, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average collapsed by a record - breaking 554.26 points, the whole global economy seemed poised on a precipice.

After early spy shots of a camouflaged prototype surfaced this past summer, it seems that the next BMW Alpina B7 is on the precipice of arrival.

As the American bailout gets underway, Europe stands on the precipice and the world holds its collective breath, it may not seem like the most auspicious time to head out... Read More...

The growthers all seem intent on making sure we use only enough brakes to stop with our toes over the precipice.

For example, while it may not seem very likely that we at this very moment are on the precipice of the next Ice Age, it nevertheless is very likely that all life on Earth will someday face just such an event — whether or not that fact is appreciated when it happens — and irrespective of the fact that there will be nothing that any living thing can do about it.