jeopard

Example Sentences

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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

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 Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)

I purpose to do nothing to jeopard it.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

The correct word is jeopard, but in any case there is no need for anything so farfetched and stilted.

From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose

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