jeopard

Example Sentences

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It is manifestly a departure from the line of duty for a man to jeopard the means of maintenance for his family, without any prospect of advantage to himself or them.

From Woman: Man's Equal by Webster, Thomas

And yet this reality of power an editor is ready to jeopard for the sake of gratifying his family by exposing them in Paris!

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

The correct word is jeopard, but in any case there is no need for anything so farfetched and stilted.

From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose

She will attempt to seize upon the revolted provinces of other powers, and jeopard her central position by the miserable attempt to keep truth and its enjoyment from the extremities.

From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various

They called it "a sore adventure to jeopard ships with men and goods unto the said island, upon the singular trust of one man, called, as they understood, Sebastian."

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter