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death-defying
adjective as in desperate
Example Sentences
Get a Piece of Houdini Before He Disappears By Nina Strochlic A death-defying magical box.
From Texas to Ireland, athletes are plunging 80 feet with death-defying moves.
You can see the wire keeping him safe in this pic as he performs apparently death-defying stunts as part of his training routine.
And, like a lot of performers who do death-defying things on a daily basis, he got hurt a lot.
Trust No One moves at death-defying speed, but Hurwitz still manages to layer depth and nuance onto his characters.
Instantly Willie Case was transformed again into the shrewd and death defying sleuth.
Just like the death-defying king in David's picture, so stood Victor Bohain on his solitary leg; it was the same classic pose.
Mechanically he stooped and lifted the death-defying lover in his arms, and carried her to the house.
That force, God-inspired, death-defying and unconquerable, is the soul of man.
Its generally mild and peaceful expression had given place to a proud resentment and a death-defying audacity.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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