perilousness

Example Sentences

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Perhaps Darlington, like Macdonald before her, understands at a deeper level than most the perilousness of a highly specialized predator in a world of rampant habitat destruction.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

By advertising through your clothes, you hope that thing you’re supporting actually survives the perilousness of our modern age.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2021

“Hitler’s Hollywood,” an essay film that uses clips to explore the aesthetics, attitudes and messages of German cinema from 1933 to 1945, has some answers — and begins by acknowledging the perilousness of the terrain.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2018

But she expresses an understanding of the perilousness of operating within Joni Mitchell’s shadow and an appreciation for Colvin’s elegant evasion of that peril.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2017

Now, secondly, let me ask you to look at the special perilousness of these hidden faults.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander