Example Sentences

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Following the strikes, Mr Sunak said the Houthi attacks had been "risking lives at sea... causing major disruption to a vital trade route and driving up commodity prices".

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

Reminded that he had been risking his life, Mr. Lerner said, “Well, it was a war.”

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2022

She failed to say anything at all until 6.30pm on Wednesday, when fire-fighters had been risking their lives since the early hours.

From Time • Jun. 16, 2017

On Monday afternoon, fortunately, the Dictator who had been risking his life by his refusal to speak with desperate men, spoke�nay, he conversed.

From Time Magazine Archive

And now she was very conscious that she ought to have prevented them.—She felt that she had been risking her friend’s happiness on most insufficient grounds.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen