jeopard

Example Sentences

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We may deal freely with our own, but it is forbidden to jeopard the goods of another.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

What right had he to further jeopard the life, the honor, of these, his father's fondest treasures?

From Foes in Ambush by King, Charles

For the thing that folk sore long for, they will make many shifts to get and jeopard themselves for.

From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica

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

All the ten noble knights sought to dissuade him from dishonouring himself and from forcing them to jeopard their lives, unarmed as they were, in defending the Queen.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo