jeopard

Example Sentences

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And yet this reality of power an editor is ready to jeopard for the sake of gratifying his family by exposing them in Paris!

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

All the ten noble knights sought to dissuade him from dishonouring himself and from forcing them to jeopard their lives, unarmed as they were, in defending the Queen.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo

The rest, so far from promoting the objects of the French mission, did much to jeopard its success.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

Jane got to her feet with such suddenness as to jeopard the entire China population of the tea-table.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

Halliwell gives the verb juberd and defines it as "to jeopard or endanger."

From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward