perils
Example Sentences
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If we call the cops on teens violating a city curfew, it suggests a cavalier attitude toward the perils of the justice system.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
Yet even for an industry so fraught with perils and pitfalls, Chen, the miner who previously worked at Liushenyu, suggests there will always be desperate people willing to take their chances in the mines.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The “Histories” of Herodotus, likely composed in the mid-fifth-century B.C., recounted the Persian defeat as a paradigm of the perils of reckless imperialism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
On the one hand, I understand the perils of lifestyle creep.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
He spoke of the perils of changing, above all when the wizard transforms his own shape and thus is liable to be caught in his own spell.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
