Perilous
adjective
Full of danger or risk.
The journey across the desert is perilous.
adjective
Likely to cause injury or harm.
Tackling the issue in such a way can be perilous.
adjective
Precarious or insecure.
His political position is considered perilous.
adjective
Exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin.
The company is in a perilous financial situation.
adjective
Full of danger or risk.
The journey across the desert is perilous.
adjective
Likely to cause injury or harm.
Tackling the issue in such a way can be perilous.
adjective
Precarious or insecure.
His political position is considered perilous.
adjective
Exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin.
The company is in a perilous financial situation.
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Journeys
Use 'perilous' when describing journeys with physical obstacles and threats.
The sailors prepared for a perilous voyage through icy waters.
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Hyperbole
Reserve 'perilous' for genuinely dangerous situations, not just difficult or uncomfortable ones.
Climbing the steep, crumbling mountain trail was truly perilous.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Journeys
Use 'perilous' when describing journeys with physical obstacles and threats.
The sailors prepared for a perilous voyage through icy waters.
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Hyperbole
Reserve 'perilous' for genuinely dangerous situations, not just difficult or uncomfortable ones.
Climbing the steep, crumbling mountain trail was truly perilous.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Journeys
Use 'perilous' when describing journeys with physical obstacles and threats.
The sailors prepared for a perilous voyage through icy waters.
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Hyperbole
Reserve 'perilous' for genuinely dangerous situations, not just difficult or uncomfortable ones.
Climbing the steep, crumbling mountain trail was truly perilous.
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Jeff Bezos: The...
at the present time who feel keenly disappointed. They've come thousands of miles on a perilous trip, risked life, health and property, spent months of the most arduous labor a man can perform and at length with expectations raised to the highest pitch have reached the coveted goal only to discover
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The complicated history...
prayed for waves with the help of a kahuna, or an expert priest, and gave thanks after surviving a perilous wipeout. Certain surf breaks were strickly reserved for the elite. But it wasn't just a solemn affair. Surfers competed and wagered on who could ride the farthest, the fastest,
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Our refugee system is...
by risking their lives on a dangerous and perilous journey to another country, and it's that which we're seeing in Europe today. Around the world, we present refugees with an almost impossible choice between three encampment, urban destitution and dangerous journeys.
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"The High One" PIPE...
bears will be doing this time of year is just putting on weight for the winter months and they can actually pass out from eating so much as you head deeper into the park has to lookout point called polychrome pass the road is perilous with a drop-off that could kill
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Digging Up a Dinosaur...
glass particles would settle down into this wetlands area creating a thick mud a soupy mud viscous and unforgiving this quick mud could be perilous to any animal that happened upon it predators sink potential prey helplessly
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On sincere and authentic...
inevitable that we will have many more women in power and soon leader blessing we all are we we hope you're right and we believe you will be in part of why we hope you're right is that these are perilous and dangerous
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For survivors of Ebola,...
who risked their own safety in service of humanity. And some even losing their lives in the process. During the worst of the contagion, one thing kept us making those perilous daily journeys into the Ebola wards.
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Kenya’s Wildlife...
more after the break the future for conservation in africa is perilous right now i would say we are at a crossroads policies several major threats to wildlife poaching remains a concern and
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Adorable Baby Animal...
even with the protection of a big family the early months of a cub's life can be the most perilous learning to swim is just the first danger to overcome
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Baby Otter Cubs Learn to...
even with the protection of a big family the early months of a Cubs life can be the most perilous learning to swim is
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Jeff Bezos: The...
at the present time who feel keenly disappointed. They've come thousands of miles on a perilous trip, risked life, health and property, spent months of the most arduous labor a man can perform and at length with expectations raised to the highest pitch have reached the coveted goal only to discover
Video examples
The complicated history...
prayed for waves with the help of a kahuna, or an expert priest, and gave thanks after surviving a perilous wipeout. Certain surf breaks were strickly reserved for the elite. But it wasn't just a solemn affair. Surfers competed and wagered on who could ride the farthest, the fastest,
Video examples
Our refugee system is...
by risking their lives on a dangerous and perilous journey to another country, and it's that which we're seeing in Europe today. Around the world, we present refugees with an almost impossible choice between three encampment, urban destitution and dangerous journeys.
Video examples
"The High One" PIPE...
bears will be doing this time of year is just putting on weight for the winter months and they can actually pass out from eating so much as you head deeper into the park has to lookout point called polychrome pass the road is perilous with a drop-off that could kill
Video examples
Digging Up a Dinosaur...
glass particles would settle down into this wetlands area creating a thick mud a soupy mud viscous and unforgiving this quick mud could be perilous to any animal that happened upon it predators sink potential prey helplessly
Video examples
On sincere and authentic...
inevitable that we will have many more women in power and soon leader blessing we all are we we hope you're right and we believe you will be in part of why we hope you're right is that these are perilous and dangerous
Video examples
For survivors of Ebola,...
who risked their own safety in service of humanity. And some even losing their lives in the process. During the worst of the contagion, one thing kept us making those perilous daily journeys into the Ebola wards.
Video examples
Kenya’s Wildlife...
more after the break the future for conservation in africa is perilous right now i would say we are at a crossroads policies several major threats to wildlife poaching remains a concern and
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
even with the protection of a big family the early months of a cub's life can be the most perilous learning to swim is just the first danger to overcome
Video examples
Baby Otter Cubs Learn to...
even with the protection of a big family the early months of a Cubs life can be the most perilous learning to swim is
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Leslie Cockburn
American Writer
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture, no shades of gray. In fiction, you can bring the reader on the perilous journey with your characters as they discover that war is more like a wilderness of mirrors, full of danger and uncertainty.
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Tom Chatfield
British Author
Modern motor vehicles are safer and more reliable than they have ever been - yet more than 1 million people are killed in car accidents around the world each year, and more than 50 million are injured. Why? Largely because one perilous element in the mechanics of driving remains unperfected by progress: the human being.
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Sajid Javid
British Politician
People only attempt perilous journeys like crossing the Channel because they are desperate. It is deeply concerning that men, women, and children feel they have no choice but to put their lives at risk in their search for a safe place to live.
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Charles M. Blow
American Journalist
I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture - particularly in black male culture - and to help people to see that there's room enough for everyone.
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John Grierson
British Director
It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Writer
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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Thomas McGuane
American Author
You reach a point at which you have to view your life through the things you've spent so much time doing. The alternative is a perilous feeling of waste.
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James Earl Jones
American Actor
Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
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Patrick deWitt
Canadian Novelist
The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Quote examples
Leslie Cockburn
American Writer
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture, no shades of gray. In fiction, you can bring the reader on the perilous journey with your characters as they discover that war is more like a wilderness of mirrors, full of danger and uncertainty.
Quote examples
Tom Chatfield
British Author
Modern motor vehicles are safer and more reliable than they have ever been - yet more than 1 million people are killed in car accidents around the world each year, and more than 50 million are injured. Why? Largely because one perilous element in the mechanics of driving remains unperfected by progress: the human being.
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Sajid Javid
British Politician
People only attempt perilous journeys like crossing the Channel because they are desperate. It is deeply concerning that men, women, and children feel they have no choice but to put their lives at risk in their search for a safe place to live.
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Charles M. Blow
American Journalist
I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture - particularly in black male culture - and to help people to see that there's room enough for everyone.
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John Grierson
British Director
It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Writer
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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Thomas McGuane
American Author
You reach a point at which you have to view your life through the things you've spent so much time doing. The alternative is a perilous feeling of waste.
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James Earl Jones
American Actor
Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
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Patrick deWitt
Canadian Novelist
The initial spark, your affection for the characters, all those things can disappear. It's a perilous thing.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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