imperil
verb (used with object)
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
had imperiled
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past perfectof imperil.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Administration officials, including Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, warned they had grown deeply concerned that the disruption it created had imperiled the administration’s goal of reaching 100 percent clean energy by 2035.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2022
Grand jurors indicted Mr. Hankison, a detective at the time, on three counts of “wanton endangerment,” saying he had imperiled the lives of three of Ms. Taylor’s neighbors by firing bullets that reached their apartment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
Earlier that morning, I had spoken to Scandalios about whether or not the movie’s flop had imperiled the show’s brand.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
Perhaps he, like many residents, assumed that the fire would be like the others that had imperiled Paradise: a threat, but not life-threatening.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2018
He told me how I had imperiled the life of one who was innocent, and he laughed at my horror and remorse.
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish
