How to Use treacherous in a Sentence

treacherous

adjective

• The snow made their hike all the more treacherous.
• They were not prepared to hike over such treacherous terrain.
• Discussions about money can lead couples into treacherous territory.
• The descent to the street, where the men will meet a hearse, is a treacherous one.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• The captain turns our craft and prepares to make the treacherous run.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 7 July 2020
• The sea was churning and treacherous even for strong swimmers, as the wind kicked up the waves.
  — Claire Rush, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2023
• This is both a treacherous time and a time of great promise.
  — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 12 June 2020
• Cantlay gets up-and-down to save par around the treacherous 18th green to shoot 66.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2022
• The world can be treacherous, but the tiger is a master of survival.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Trails and hikes abound but some are quite steep and may be treacherous.
  — Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• When a cold front with high wind scours the snow off the ice pack, footing can be treacherous.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 27 Jan. 2020
• The Gulf Stream can be treacherous even on a calm, sunny day.
  — Adriana Gomez Licon, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2022
• The waning of the ice has made the mountain even more treacherous than in Humboldt's day.
  — Tim Appenzeller, Science | AAAS, 11 Sep. 2019
• These guys go through some treacherous terrain and a lot of it is at night.
  — Angela Dawson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
• Some of the sections are topped by razor wire, and the ocean off the park is treacherous for swimmers.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Oct. 2021
• The more public the forum, the more treacherous the minefield.
  — 1843, 21 May 2020
• Pick my way across some treacherous rock slides climbing out of the Grand Canyon.
  — Melanie Radzicki McManus, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Miners used this treacherous trail back in the day to access copper mines in the canyon.
  — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
• Traversing the Sabzak Pass in Afghanistan is treacherous.
  — Yaqoob Akbary Kiana Hayeri, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• Many have turned to a treacherous overland route: the Darién Gap.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• The fates of the protagonists converge in one race, the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
• The par-4 hole played long all afternoon and was near-treacherous for the playoff.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• But the politics of the issue are treacherous for them.
  — Rebecca Robbins, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
• After that, things take a sudden, treacherous turn for the worst.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 13 June 2019
• The only way to save his legacy and business is to win the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
• The storms were intense and unpredictable, the currents treacherous ,and the fog thick.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
• Stephens’s, the country could well be in far less treacherous, and lethal, straits today.
  — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 13 Aug. 2020
• The roads will still be treacherous in north Alabama this evening and overnight.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 18 Feb. 2021
• Since trekking on a glacier can be treacherous, our guide constantly used her ax to clear the way for us.
  — Rick Warner, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018
• Even so, the Strait is a busy shipping lane with treacherous currents.
  — Fox News, 25 June 2018

Last Updated: 7 May 2024