Sentence examples for perilous acts from inspiring English sources

But it's equally hazardous to ignore the astonishing and perilous acts of human courage that negate, undo, reverse the violence and uphold our rights and dignity as humans.

It was a perilous act of resistance.

Well, if we take Mr. Dylan at his word (always a perilous act), does that negate the profound significance of his nonpareil songbook?

But even for Europe's unordained citizenry, says Michel Pastoureau, who relates this incident in "The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric" (Columbia University Press), the Middle Ages were a time when wearing stripes of any kind was a perilous act.

Indeed, shipping those blood samples in a simple thermos, without any kind of precautions, was an incredibly perilous act.

Even the Italian corps of flag-throwers, while hardly the most physically perilous of acts, won my admiration for the grace and skill with which they fling their batons aloft, creating dizzying patterns that suggest swarms of butterflies moving with the grace of champion synchronized swimmers.

Senator John B. Breaux, Democrat of Louisiana, said Mr. Gore faces a more perilous balancing act than Mr. Bush.

It was a perilous balancing act, but the two Imuses, like John Edwards's two Americas, managed to coexist.

The most perilous balancing act in town right now is the one being attempted by Cirque Éloize with the show it calls "Cirque Orchestra".

And "The Morning After," a full-speed-ahead rocker about life's perilous second act, perfectly melded Yo La Tengo's mood-based style with Mr. Davies's braininess.

Beyond the visual thrill, the sexual frisson between a male client and a female lap dancer seems to be based on a complex, and perilous balancing act of deceit and domination.