jeopardous
Example Sentences
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Times have indeed been consistently jeopardous, and the eloquent voice of Joe Alsop, amplified by syndication, has dedicated itself to the cause of scaring tranquil humanity into its wits.
From Time Magazine Archive
But all real estate bonds are by no means jeopardous investments.
From Time Magazine Archive
But I dogged her on o'er jeopardous Steeps down which she sped with leopardess Limbs into miasmic deeps.
From Nirvana Days by Rice, Cale Young
It is clearly a dialect form of jeopard, and I make no doubt that juberous is a dialect variation of jeopardous, occasionally used as a form of dubious.
From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward
Constant experience with jeopardous tasks has eliminated the human fear of danger, and even death, in its most tragic shapes, by long association has lost its terrors.
From The Eternal Maiden by Harré, T. Everett
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
