perilous

Example Sentences

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But the group and its half a dozen dancers, already performing perilous splits before breakfast, were prepping to run through the steps of the big intro to their set.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

That said, relying on a future inheritance is a perilous strategy for compensation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The previous year he'd made the perilous journey to escape from North to South Korea, using an international underground network of safe houses and brokers.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"The war in the Middle East has reached a perilous stage" with the strikes on Natanz and Dimona, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

In those waters was that most perilous strait guarded by Scylla and Charybdis, which the Argonauts had succeeded in passing only because Thetis helped them and where Ulysses had lost six of his men.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton