1. The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is.

2. English tennis is in a parlous condition.

3. The country's police force was in a parlous state in 1990.

4. His priority is his own increasingly parlous situation at home.

5. Derbyshire is probably in the most parlous state of all the first-class counties.

6. The death of Vial left his widow in parlous straits.

7. They had a parlous journey on stormy seas.

8. There have five rooms two parlous and two toilets.

9. The parlous state of China's health - care system has also given a powerful boost to religion.

9. try its best to gather and make good sentences.

10. But the parlous state of the world economy demands nothing less.

11. She is parlous handsome.

12. Relations between the two countries have been in a parlous condition for some time.

13. I'd like to buy a new car, but my finances are in such a parlous state that I can't afford to.

14. The mill was relegated to storage for many years, and by the 1960s was in a somewhat parlous state.

15. But it still didn't stop me having a perfectly valid opinion on the parlous state of contemporary kits.

16. Several economists said they doubted the bank could tighten much further, given the parlous economic situation.

1. Relations between the two countries have been in a parlous condition for some time.