How to Use run the risk of in a Sentence

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• Bulky hats run the risk of getting squished in a suitcase.
  — Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Oct. 2022
• May 21 – June 20 Joking around runs the risk of hitting a nerve at this time.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
• Parts of Alabama will run the risk of seeing strong to severe storms over the next three days.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 July 2023
• That said, restaurant brands also run the risk of putting people off.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2024
• The series could run the risk of turning off book readers who want a carbon copy of the story as Liu wrote it.
  — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• To be a local official is to run the risk of being overruled.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
• To be a local official is to run the risk of being overruled.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
• Those who don’t heed this advice run the risk of having to lower their home price later.
  — Cameron Sperance, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• Some patients paid extra to be brought in the back door, rather than run the risk of seeing their daughters’ friends in the waiting room.
  — Jerry Adler, Good Housekeeping, 14 July 2022
• Moreover, text prompts run the risk of bias, and so require mindful design.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2023
• And touch lamps are easy to use, but run the risk of being turned on accidentally when bumped.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2022
• For example, this week, Maxine goes up against a beached whale that runs the risk of ruining her big gala.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
• Some run the risk of losing their housing arrangements.
  — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
• Other media also run the risk of falling into this same trap; that’s the danger with sure things.
  — WIRED, 22 June 2023
• Bell-bottoms run the risk of looking cheesy or costumey, but these felt streamlined—like they can be paired with anything.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2023
• Drugs that don't have enough active ingredient run the risk of not working.
  — Anna Edney Bloomberg News (wpns), arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2024
• Drugs that don’t have enough active ingredient run the risk of not working.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
• Nobody was hurt in either incident, but police cautioned that the nature of the game runs the risk of a bad outcome.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
• Do theater kids run the risk of being a bit irritating?
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• The shorthand ran the risk of coming across as hubris: Real Madrid’s 15th Champions League title was still one win away.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2024
• The seatbelt tension was high enough in the Atlas and Traverse to run the risk of chest injuries, and the Highlander's seatbelt moved from the dummy's pelvis to its abdomen.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2023
• What Could Be Better The flexible design runs the risk of collapsing when full.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
• Some are migrating earlier, but others run the risk of not being able to keep up.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• Users run the risk of being directed to a restaurant that’s out of business or an attraction that’s closed.
  — Simmone Shah, Time, 5 July 2023
• Don’t run the risk of damaging the leather further by trying to fix it—cleaning leather is a DIY job, but repairing it is not.
  — Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024
• In an industry like video games, where turnover rates are high, unions run the risk of losing the employees who began that process to begin with.
  — WIRED, 2 Dec. 2022
• Some people are, for enough pay, willing to engage in combat or at least run the risk of doing so, while others would not do so for any amount.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
• The 6-1-0 Bruins are the hottest team in the NHL, and wheeling someone out of town would run the risk of disrupting the surprising early-season rhythm and success.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• Yet this elusive agreement runs the risk of being picked up again by his successor, no matter who wins the election in November.
  — Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
• There are no shaky limbs in Wolfs, though there are some creaky joints, and an Advil joke—because aches and pains are a thing men can joke about, charmingly, while women who do the same run the risk of coming off as crotchety old complainers.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024