Significados de precarious foothold en inglés

Mr. Dudley followed, and, with Nathan's help, gained the same precarious foothold.

Anne, clinging desperately to her precarious foothold, saw their flying forms and heard their shrieks.

Little by little they had gained precarious foothold on the Indian domains, slowly forcing the savages westward.

This note greatly encouraged Haldane, and made his precarious foothold among the world's industries seem more firm and certain.

What the Byzantines achieved by the maintenance of this precarious foothold was nothing less than the political disruption of Italy.

The last ten of more than one hundred steps were in an almost vertical face, which gave a somewhat precarious foothold.

Sano found a dead branch and used it as a staff as he struggled from one precarious foothold to the next.

She had no choice between her present precarious foothold and the abyss, and wounded as she was she would have to fight.

Grant, who had been following the same course now obtained a precarious foothold and at once advanced to the aid of the helpless girl.

She did not dare to call his name, lest, in the sudden awakening he might miss his precarious foothold, and fall to unavoidable death.

Over the edge of the parapet I went, obtaining, with my naked feet, a precarious foothold on the latticework,-thendown I commenced to scramble.

To spring from my precarious foothold was impossible, and not the slightest hold could I find for my fingers anywhere to draw myself up.

With a precarious foothold, he clung to the glacier with one hand, while with his pocket knife he cut a safer foothold with the other.

"I thought his pedestal such a precarious foothold in life."

The fatigue climbing to precarious footholds on the rails at the side, leave them the bottom of the boat to be frightened in.