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

Some believe that the financial peril that plummeting to the Championship would bring is partly due to a reluctance to take financial risks in recent years.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

We dismiss or ignore such language at our own moral peril.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

But as a wizard he had learned the price of the game, which is the peril of losing one’s self, playing away the truth.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin