treacherous
Example Sentences
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Getting there by car involved a treacherous 10-hour drive past trucks with their noses down in ditches.
“Like the proverbial frog that doesn’t feel the water becoming increasingly hotter, many North American brands are inching into more treacherous positions with their customers’ loyalty,” Forrester Principal Analyst Pete Jacques wrote in the report.
The conditions were treacherous, the session starting after heavy rain on a track wet enough for the extreme wet tyres, which nearly all drivers used throughout the first two sessions.
From BBC
These are just a few of the treacherous episodes that have recently transpired at landfills in California, subjecting the state’s waste management industry to growing scrutiny by residents and regulators.
From Los Angeles Times
But the deeper story is institutional: By narrowing inequality and widening access to opportunity, Nordic countries have made the climb less treacherous.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
