jeopard
Example Sentences
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Else why should I jeopard my life by freeing you?
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
They called it "a sore adventure to jeopard ships with men and goods unto the said island, upon the singular trust of one man, called, as they understood, Sebastian."
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
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
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 Wiliam Cabell Bruce
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
