imperil
verb (used with object)
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
are imperilling
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present progressiveof imperil.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Get up," I exclaimed; "don't you understand that you are imperilling my enterprise by lying in bed and refusing to sing when there is nothing the matter with you?"
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson
Would you have me skulk below while brave men are imperilling their lives in defence of those who are dearer to me than my own life?
From The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" by William Heysham Overend
