How to Use perilous in a Sentence

perilous

adjective

• Despite the risks, thousands of migrants still make the perilous journey to the U.S. each day.
  — Anne Laurent, ABC News, 17 May 2023
• The Guardians best not get buried this weekend to kick off a perilous final two months.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022
• Airstrikes flatten blocks of a Gaza refugee camp, bringing rage, grief and a perilous new phase of war.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• Opened in 1937, the road has long been considered perilous, winding along a rocky cliff with a sheer drop-off to the ocean.
  — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
• The effort restarted in late 2021, but the timing was perilous.
  — Lisa Rein, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2022
• Joined by a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog, the cat embarks on a perilous journey by boat in search of dry land.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
• This isn’t the first time Garland has sent a small group of courageous folk on a perilous journey.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
• These frigid waters—as chilly as 5°C—should be perilous for the cold-blooded sharks that dwell in the tropics.
  — Bykate Hull, science.org, 11 May 2023
• This was a mischievous question—and maybe, in a room stocked with Cody Johnson fans, a perilous one.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• Many, if not most, of Nolan’s films contain a warning: The search for knowledge is perilous.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
• In the book, this results in a wickedly smart and perilous toddler-priestess.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• The perilous slide, triggered after fierce winter rains, is steep and lacks a trail.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
• That was always the dream for her parents, who took the first perilous steps in the long journey that would bring them all to safety.
  — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
• The country’s perilous situation is a troubling concern for the region, for the U.S., and for the world.
  — Therese Shaheen, National Review, 7 Feb. 2023
• The count of river herring is also up, and that could be aiding the salmon on their perilous journey from the sea to the river.
  — Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Twitter as a whole was in a perilous spot in 2016, due in part to the broader industry’s pivot to video.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• The point at which the pendulum began to swing in a perilous direction was in the summer of 2016.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• These still-fetal structures leave the joey in a pretty perilous state.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2023
• The puma embarked on a perilous journey and crossed a dangerous border to make a new home.
  — Jill Cowan, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• The Ukrainian president’s return home may be even more perilous than his trip to the U.S.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• Attaching the aid to the larger stopgap bill could prove perilous for the entire bill.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2022
• When that fails, Jane launches a perilous bid to become a TV writer.
  — Carole V. Bell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
• The risk of paying the ultimate price can never be removed from such a perilous sport.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 5 May 2023
• And the launch of its Odysseus spacecraft, which is 14-feet tall and has six landing legs, is just the first step in a long, perilous journey to the lunar surface.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• The streets no longer exist, they have been replaced by perilous passageways on top of the rubble.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
• Their journey is perilous, of course, but not just because of the obvious.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Nov. 2022
• To say Sarah is unnerved by all of this does not even come close to describing the perilous state of her sanity.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2023
• Even if the seller accepts your offer, there is the perilous appraisal process.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022
• Together, the two men embark on a perilous journey to better their positions, their people, and themselves — not always in that order.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2024
• Right now, the company is lost; worker strikes, supply chains are broken, and now pay inflation is driving it even further into a perilous financial position.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024