jeopard

Example Sentences

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Was I bound to jeopard all the common good of life for the chance of—just failing to know existence from a higher plane?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

Rather than jeopard independence he sacrificed home, money, honours, even reputation itself.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

If it should prove otherwise, Congress can, at any time, amend those laws in such manner as, while subserving the public welfare, not to jeopard the rights, interests, and liberties of the people.

From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by Barnes, William Horatio

Else why should I jeopard my life by freeing you?

From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Crawford, Will

My private concerns,—they seem large to me, and I fear to jeopard them by becoming entangled here.

From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott