How to Use danger in a Sentence

danger

noun
  • She was fearless in the face of danger.
  • I was unaware of the danger that lay ahead.
  • It's important to teach your children about the dangers of smoking.
  • There's a danger that your apology will be taken as a sign of weakness.
  • The danger is that we'll become careless as the process becomes more familiar.
  • There's less danger that you'll lose your money if you have a wide variety of investments.
  • Here is a list of possible dangers associated with the procedure.
  • We believe it poses a serious danger to our national security.
  • There's danger along the way, as she'll be forced to battle her way to the lost rebel.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
  • Last year in Pakistan, dangers piled one atop the other.
    Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda and Saiyna Bashir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The song is led by Lucy Dacus, who sings of danger and anxiety on the track.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • That time, the fire department had knocked at their door to warn them the danger was getting close.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The ceiling crumbled over a weekend and nobody was hurt, but the dangers were clear.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The shooting doesn’t seem to have been random, police said, and there’s no danger to the public.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The risk, the danger of going on the street and buying a Percocet pill that could be laced with fentanyl.
    CBS News, 30 July 2023
  • In the days leading to the storm, state leaders warned about its potential dangers.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The smugglers have used two routes to get the migrants to Malaysia and both come with extreme dangers that have gotten many killed.
    Britt Clennett, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • That enemy may not be real, but the danger of those lies is.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Yet Navarro said the first sign of danger was not his phone buzzing, but the blazespreading below.
    Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Backup tight end Brevin Jordan is a danger in his own right.
    The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But there is a danger that both parties are misunderstanding the lessons of the 1970s.
    Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • This danger is familiar to divers going from low depths back to the surface.
    Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The plant is not in immediate danger, the agency added.
    Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • And the dangers of mixing AI and health care are still coming into focus.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Small fires ignite as Santa Ana winds raise the danger of quick-moving flames.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • At the same time, there is an elusive sense of danger there, with the threatening sea changing with the wind and tide, and storms always brewing.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The President may also order any area of the Navajo Nation to be closed for entry by the public due to the dangers of the fire.
    Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023
  • Changing the litter box daily ensures that the oocysts will not become a danger.
    Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Sit your child down and talk to them about the dangers of smoking, vaping, and using products like Zyn.
    Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The death of the chickens lingers over the film, with their potential untimely ends creating a sense of threat and danger.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023

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