jeopard

Example Sentences

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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

And when they heard of his adventures, they marveled that he would jeopard his person so, alone.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth

It is manifestly a departure from the line of duty for a man to jeopard the means of maintenance for his family, without any prospect of advantage to himself or them.

From Woman: Man's Equal by Webster, Thomas

He undertakes to make the philosopher's stone, and will jeopard his life upon it.

From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony

My private concerns,—they seem large to me, and I fear to jeopard them by becoming entangled here.

From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott