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

noun

a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

See also: hazard jeopardy risk endangerment

noun

a state of danger involving risk

See also: riskiness

noun

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"

See also: risk danger

verb

pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"

See also: endanger jeopardize jeopardise menace threaten imperil

verb

put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

See also: queer expose scupper endanger