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How to use imperil in a sentence

11 example sentences · verb

Imperil means to put into peril; to place in danger. Example: “The wildlife management plan was focused on helping the reproductive needs of imperiled species.”

Examples of imperil by meaning

verbTo put into peril; to place in danger.

  • No nation in the world would dream of attacking Germany, nor has Germany the slightest intention of imperilling her coming supremacy amongst the nations by such crude methods as military enterprise.1920, Edward Phillips Oppenheim, The Great Impersonation, Chapter 25
  • Before long, he had enough baby alligators to imperil every nipple for miles around but a problem soon arose when the cute baby alligators matured into vicious adult beasts.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Toys for kinky girls and boys—It’s not just whips and chains anymore.” (chapter 3), in Weather Balloons Make...

More sentences with imperil

  • The wildlife management plan was focused on helping the reproductive needs of imperiled species.From the entry imperiled
  • From a political standpoint, it imperils midterm victories that were for all intents and purposes inevitable.2022 May 10, Alex Shephard, “With Roe, the GOP Is the Dog that Caught the Car”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 13 Jul…. From the entry dog that caught the car
  • But the income that many Californians rely on from canning is imperiled by a crisis for recycling centers.2016 August 6, Julia Carrie Wong, “Collecting cans to survive”, in The Guardian. From the entry canning
  • Otherwise, the sustainment or creation of jobs is seriously imperiled.2009 January 5, “U.S. Labor Looks to Obama for Help”, in New York Times. From the entry sustainment
  • It was the absolutism of his ambition to be a perfect writer (and perhaps also the perfect son) that imperiled him.2003, Ruth R. Wisse, The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language, →ISBN. From the entry absolutism
  • Man-portable missiles imperil both military, civilian aircraft.2003, Sandra I. Erwin, National Defense. From the entry man-portable
  • Meanwhile, Chou En-lai said in effect that a Nationalist breakthrough at Ssu-p'ing would imperil the entire communist situation in Manchuria.1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 50. From the entry Ssu-p'ing
  • In his mind's eye he'd seen himself hauling the perpetrator off in chains after a suitably Schwarzeneggeresque rescue of the imperiled heroine.2008, Nevada Barr, Endangered Species. From the entry Schwarzeneggeresque
  • The world’s population is atomized among the dying, the ill, the quarantined, the sheltered, the heroically imperilled “essential” (never forget!), and, God save the mark, the blinkered fools.2020, Peter Schjeldahl, “The Melancholy Gestalt of Isolation”, in The New Yorker. From the entry God save the mark

Meaning of imperil

  1. verb To put into peril; to place in danger.
  2. verb To risk or hazard.

Full definition of imperil

Questions about imperil in a sentence

How do you use imperil in a sentence?
Imperil is used as a verb. For example: “The wildlife management plan was focused on helping the reproductive needs of imperiled species.”
What is a short sentence with imperil?
“Man-portable missiles imperil both military, civilian aircraft.”
What does imperil mean?
Imperil means to put into peril; to place in danger.

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