perilous

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The World Health Organisation said that the conflict was at a "perilous stage" and called for restraint.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

But it could have added another element of urgency as perilous fire weather was beginning to overwhelm the region.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 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

Yet no ill portents or encounters followed on his working even of the Great Spells of Making and Shaping, which are most perilous.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin