These writers are representative of a wide discussion of the perceivedly parlous state of church psalmody and sight singing but, despite much lamenting, few specific solutions were offered.
All racing—horse-racing and greyhound racing—is in a parlous state.
It is a parlous state of affairs when a medical journal can poke cynical fun at academic medical qualifications.
But the language is in a parlous state in schools and society.
Many people in that industry are deeply worried about the parlous future that they face.
The aluminium smelters, and therefore probably the converters as well, are already in a parlous situation without the imposition of this tax.
In this time of stress there are benighted districts, suffering heavily from the toll of unemployment and left in a very parlous state.
The parlous state of our economy demands that expenditure on local government services must be reduced.
