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How to use endanger in a sentence

18 example sentences · verb

Endanger means to put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to. Example: “The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.”

Examples of endanger by meaning

verbTo put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.

  • Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42

More sentences with endanger

  • The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.From the entry slick
  • Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.From the entry cumbersome
  • The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.From the entry surpass
  • They criticized him for endangering people's lives.From the entry criticize
  • This interest centres on commercial disequalibriums which devalorise capital and endanger the traditional living standards of workers.2016, John Grumley, History and Totality: Radical Historicism From Hegel to Foucault, →ISBN. From the entry devalorise
  • A sand boil that discharges clear water in a steady flow normally does not endanger the embankment.2015, Sheng-Hong Chen, “Operation and Maintenance of Hydraulic Structures”, in Hydraulic Structures, Heidelberg: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN…. From the entry sand boil
  • Reagan and other U.S. officials for endangering British citizens by putting nuclear missiles in Britain.1984 February 4, Maida Tilchen, “Anti-Nuke Support”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 8. From the entry sueing
  • It is obvious that commercial television endangers the advertising revenue of the Press.1954, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). From the entry newspaperland
  • Australia Post has been accused of endangering staff with "sweatbox" uniforms and restricting earlier starts to save money.2009 January 31, Karen Collier, “Posties buckle in scorching heat”, in Herald Sun. From the entry sweatbox
  • Don't you understand you're endangering your followers?2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Presrop. From the entry out of hand
  • The vehicles, guided by sophisticated software, gave scientists hope that robots may one day take part in battles without endangering soldiers.2005 October 9, “Four Robotic Racers Cross Desert”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2018. From the entry souped-up
  • Some Tipperary bosthoon endangering the lives of the citizens.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]…. From the entry bostoon
  • Authorities in Taiwan’s Yunlin County are considering measures to stop the growing population of macaque monkeys from endangering bamboo groves in Yunlin’s Gukeng Township.2024 May 4, Duncan DeAeth, “Bamboo groves in Taiwan's Yunlin under threat from macaques”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 29…. From the entry Gukeng
  • Now this—the unagreement—the disagreement among Iraqiya themselves, the Iraqiya bloc, might prolong the formation of the government or even endanger the formation of the government.2012, Thomas R. Mockaitis, The Iraq War: A Documentary and Reference Guide - Page 302. From the entry unagreement
  • However disgusted both were, K.D. knew they would not negotiate a solution that would endanger him or the future of Morgan money.1997, Toni Morrison, Paradise, Random House, published 2010, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry deacon
  • When the call is over, Cooper thanks her — for leashing the dog, but for also endangering him, for living down to herself, for quite a performance of umbrage.2020 June 3, Wesley Morris, “The Videos That Rocked America. The Song That Knows Our Rage.”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry umbrage
  • The Wagogo think that if a person kills or eats the in effects animal which is the totem of his clan, he thereby endangers his relations, but not himself.1910, James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy. From the entry Wagogo

Meaning of endanger

  1. verb To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
  2. verb To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.

Full definition of endanger

Questions about endanger in a sentence

How do you use endanger in a sentence?
Endanger is used as a verb. For example: “The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.”
What is a short sentence with endanger?
“Don't you understand you're endangering your followers?”
What does endanger mean?
Endanger means to put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.

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