dangerous
Example Sentences
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He smiled, but it was a dangerous smile.
From Literature
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Somehow the hero would have to make the rocks seem more dangerous, the reef more terrifying, the pale sands bleak and lonely—make the whole island seem like a creepy, scary place.
From Literature
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“It’s no more dangerous than the twentieth century,” she argues.
"Sometimes we'll have to call the pursuit off - terminate it - because it's just too dangerous."
From BBC
Over the weekend, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi invoked Japan's World War Two history of aggression while addressing Western leaders at the Munich Security Conference, and called Takaichi's remarks a "very dangerous development".
From BBC
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