peril

Example Sentences

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I hope his story can be remembered not because of its tragedy, but because it demanded a future where people deserving refuge are not thrown into peril.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Ukraine knows the peril and the challenge better than anyone else.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"We're living through a moment right now of grave peril," Fletcher said.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Daoud said he expected Hezbollah to sit out the fight unless its patron was in existential peril, but added that what he called the group’s “measly opening salvo” made little strategic sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

The fish may be monsters, and you may be afloat on a doomed vessel—a pirate ship, perhaps—unaware of the breadth and the depth of the peril it sails upon.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman