endangered
adjective
en·dan·gered
in-ˈdān-jərd 
en-
: being or relating to an endangered species
an endangered bird
put on the endangered list
Examples of endangered in a Sentence
a daring attempt to rescue the endangered passengers from the burning boat
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Just four years after the dam’s completion, the government listed the chub as an endangered species.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Officials have issued an endangered missing person alert and his family is asking that the entire community keep an eye out for Dan.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
At a recent New York City gala for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Hersh and Poitras attested to the importance of protecting an endangered media, which these days applies to this country almost as much as CPJ’s traditional battleground of the Global South.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Dec. 2025
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has issued an endangered missing alert for a 20-year-old woman who was last seen on Sunday.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Officials have issued an endangered missing person alert and his family is asking that the entire community keep an eye out for Dan.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
At a recent New York City gala for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Hersh and Poitras attested to the importance of protecting an endangered media, which these days applies to this country almost as much as CPJ’s traditional battleground of the Global South.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Dec. 2025
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has issued an endangered missing alert for a 20-year-old woman who was last seen on Sunday.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for endangered
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“Endangered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endangered. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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