dangersome
Example Sentences
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"Water ain't dangersome, nowise," retorted the elderly Persimmon, with a snarling smile.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles
“How can you find your way?” asked Mrs. Bridges, to whom this was a mortally dangersome journey.
From Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West by Garland, Hamlin
It's moor coomfortable wi' me, and it's main dangersome to handle on the half-cock.
From Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation by Harte, Bret
These dangersome days have given her sore affliction by way of parting comrades of her childhood, and others whom she has much affected.
From Thankful Blossom by Harte, Bret
Ter make sure all on us must start with hit, fur gittin' through the lines is now mouty dangersome, an' somebody—mebbe several—is bound to git cotcht, mebbe wuss.
From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John
