jeopard

Example Sentences

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We may deal freely with our own, but it is forbidden to jeopard the goods of another.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

Will you, by new issues upon which you know you have not the voice of the people, jeopard these rights which you can by the aid of the Union party secure to these freedmen?

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John

"That fear, I hope, is removed; and as for my presence here, one word briefly spoken, and it shall not longer jeopard your safety."

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

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

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