How to Use peril in a Sentence

peril

noun

• People are unaware of the peril these miners face each day.
• The gains were short-lived, and the progress is now in peril.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2021
• When the captain of the ship isn't at the wheel, the boat could be in peril.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2020
• Even the walk from the front door to the gutter is beset with peril.
  — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• Even a drive to the grocery store is fraught with peril.
  — Angela Rocco Decarlo, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2019
• The peril for the Padres is that two strikes might as well be three in many cases.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2019
• The suit claims the plaintiffs' lives are in peril while inside.
  — Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2020
• As the title of the Shed show implies, the tribe remains in peril.
  — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023
• The Huskies lost to Montana last week but doubt them at your peril.
  — J. Brady McCollough Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
• Both sides voiced concerns that the fast pace of the process carries perils.
  — Kartikay Mehrotra, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2018
• Blaney’s first win of the season took him from points peril into the next round.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
• They were held hostage for hours, and the future of some remains in peril.
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021
• Or if woman-in-peril movies do not, to this day, fill you with dread and make the walls close in.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018
• The lemming’s instinct is to run with the crowd, even at its own peril — even to its death.
  — Nancy Tengler, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2020
• Hedges says now teams pitch around José Ramírez at their own peril.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
• But right now, pitchers give him a good pitch to hit at their peril.
  — Noah Trister, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
• Her election in April shifted the balance of the court to the left and put the Wisconsin maps in peril.
  — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2023
• The one caveat, the one qualifier, the one yeah, but … Doubt these Aztecs at your own peril.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2023
• That cannot be done at the peril of people who are presently alive.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021
• At that point @MattJamilton success will be at my own peril.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• Lack of access to health care can put the lives of pregnant migrants in peril, too.
  — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2022
• A year ago Stephens was injured and her career was in peril.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 10 June 2018
• What any of us write and say should not put writers in peril with each other.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Trump’s words at our own peril – and that of our democracy.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
• Those who lived through those times say such an oversight comes at our own peril.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• By the never-distant peril of a noose over a sturdy branch.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• As with all Mars missions, this one is fraught with promise and peril.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2020
• And the people living in its shadow have long been warned that their homes could one day be in peril.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• Harness the promise of A.I. and protect us from its peril.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
• Edward Segarra The perils of Westeros aren’t for the faint of heart.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 9 May 2024