jeopard
Example Sentences
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And when they heard of his adventures, they marveled that he would jeopard his person so, alone.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger
Hardly, my dear friend, for I fear that on deck you would give way to your own individual prejudices against me, and do something that would jeopard my interest in the premises.
From Stand By The Union by L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman
Jane got to her feet with such suddenness as to jeopard the entire China population of the tea-table.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
If it should prove otherwise, Congress can, at any time, amend those laws in such manner as, while subserving the public welfare, not to jeopard the rights, interests, and liberties of the people.
From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes
It is a circumstance of no unusual occurrence, for a gale to alter its direction with so little warning, as greatly to jeopard the safety of a ship, or even to overwhelm her.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by James Fenimore Cooper
