How to Use treacherous in a Sentence

treacherous

adjective

• The snow made their hike all the more treacherous.
• They were not prepared to hike over such treacherous terrain.
• Discussions about money can lead couples into treacherous territory.
• The descent to the street, where the men will meet a hearse, is a treacherous one.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• This is both a treacherous time and a time of great promise.
  — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 12 June 2020
• The captain turns our craft and prepares to make the treacherous run.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 7 July 2020
• Trails and hikes abound but some are quite steep and may be treacherous.
  — Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The world can be treacherous, but the tiger is a master of survival.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• The sea was churning and treacherous even for strong swimmers, as the wind kicked up the waves.
  — Claire Rush, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2023
• These guys go through some treacherous terrain and a lot of it is at night.
  — Angela Dawson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
• When a cold front with high wind scours the snow off the ice pack, footing can be treacherous.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 27 Jan. 2020
• The more public the forum, the more treacherous the minefield.
  — 1843, 21 May 2020
• But the politics of the issue are treacherous for them.
  — Rebecca Robbins, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
• Miners used this treacherous trail back in the day to access copper mines in the canyon.
  — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
• Some of the sections are topped by razor wire, and the ocean off the park is treacherous for swimmers.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Oct. 2021
• Porn is just too treacherous an issue to be of much use to anybody.
  — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 May 1995
• Clouds of smoke also make driving around the site treacherous.
  — James Burch, National Geographic, 12 May 2018
• The waning of the ice has made the mountain even more treacherous than in Humboldt's day.
  — Tim Appenzeller, Science | AAAS, 11 Sep. 2019
• After that, things take a sudden, treacherous turn for the worst.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 13 June 2019
• Since trekking on a glacier can be treacherous, our guide constantly used her ax to clear the way for us.
  — Rick Warner, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018
• This book is about how a person hacks a path home across treacherous landscapes.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• The roads will still be treacherous in north Alabama this evening and overnight.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 18 Feb. 2021
• But that’s a treacherous path to walk in a country that already feels near fracture.
  — Ezra Klein, Vox, 16 Oct. 2018
• The Gulf Stream can be treacherous even on a calm, sunny day.
  — Adriana Gomez Licon, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2022
• Rain and snow will impact travel and make roads treacherous.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 22 Feb. 2020
• And so crude a villain – murderous, treacherous, a snake in the grass.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2020
• Even with a tiny amount of freezing rain, roads can become treacherous.
  — Dave Epsein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2021
• Pick my way across some treacherous rock slides climbing out of the Grand Canyon.
  — Melanie Radzicki McManus, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Even so, the Strait is a busy shipping lane with treacherous currents.
  — Fox News, 25 June 2018
• No one should subject their child to this treacherous journey.
  — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 14 June 2018

Last Updated: 25 Apr 2024