Sentence examples for a peril that from inspiring English sources

It is possible I had a lucky escape, from a peril that was barely there.

Salvage, in maritime law, the rescue of a ship or its cargo on navigable waters from a peril that, except for the rescuer's assistance, would have led to the loss or destruction of the property.

Their story is worth telling because it points to a way past a peril that hangs over millions of family firms where a husband and wife play crucial roles.

The pessimist would like to think that seeing the bad in everything is going to somehow justify the thud that happens when you all land in peril, a peril that perhaps only the pessimist perceives.

In the disease-scarred bones of a Homo erectus from Turkey, scientists have found evidence of a peril that human ancestors encountered in their migrations out of Africa: tuberculosis.

That's one of the perils of parody – becoming what you were just pretending to be at first – but it's a peril that the Onion has dodged with amazing success in its first 25 years.

"Last best hope" has now entered the lexicon as a convenient phrase to convey urgency, especially on the right, where it speaks to a sense of peril that will ensue if certain policies are not enshrined (usually involving tax breaks).

We leave for those who are younger a world in peril that will only become more dangerous and fractured over time without corrective action.

We are "at war", but this isn't a moment of national peril that obliges MPs to button their lips and patriotically applaud the prime minister.

There are a few scenes of peril that might frighten young children, but it's the adults who will probably need the hankies.

Combining two well-worn, endlessly fertile science fiction conceits — the postapocalyptic planet and the sensitive machine — Mr. Acker has made a parable of technological peril that is both exciting and satisfyingly enigmatic.