6 example sentences using peril.
Peril used in a sentence
Peril in a sentence as a noun
You mess with ecosystems at this scale at your peril.
However, it is still true, and it is something we ignore at our own peril.
Get yourself into avoidable situations that you have to try to talk your way out of at your own peril.
Peril in a sentence as a verb
Even Swartz, I think it could be said, could have been kinder to himself, loving himself and taking more caution for himself instead of placing himself in such peril.
Do you 'miss' the olden days of constant strife, peril, religion that moulded those who survived into wise old men and women, their minds enriched by the fullness of life, but their bodies cold, wet, and illness-ridden from the lack of modern technology?
Why, when these leaders are allowed to lord it over us as they see fit, should they suddenly develop scruples in gathering information that only serves to enhance their power to do what we are already letting them do without so much as a peep of principled opposition?Privacy is in significant peril, and it is a serious loss when Groklaw goes down over this issue.
Peril definitions
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
See also: hazard jeopardy risk endangerment
a state of danger involving risk
See also: riskiness
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
See also: endanger jeopardize jeopardise menace threaten imperil