But it still didn't stop me having a perfectly valid opinion on the parlous state of contemporary kits.
Derbyshire is probably in the most parlous state of all the first-class counties.
His priority is his own increasingly parlous situation at home.
The death of Vial left his widow in parlous straits.
The mill was relegated to storage for many years, and by the 1960s was in a somewhat parlous state.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►parlous state
The country’s police force was in a parlous state in 1990.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►state
· The mill was relegated to storage for many years, and by the 1960s was in a somewhat parlous state.· But it still didn't stop me having a perfectly valid opinion on the parlous state of contemporary kits.· Derbyshire is probably in the most parlous state of all the first-class counties.
in a very bad or dangerous condition: The country’s police force was in a parlous state in 1990.