imperil
verb (used with object)
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
had imperilled
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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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She lay down on her left side until she had imperilled the heart action of every person on board; she rolled over on her right side and started briskly toward the bottom of the sea.
From Many Kingdoms by Elizabeth Garver Jordan
In his subsequent writings he could bear witness of himself, how he had been himself among the peasants, and how, more than once, he had imperilled life and limb.
From Life of Luther by Julius Koestlin
And now, as he drove leisurely back to Boisingham, he felt that he had imperilled all his hopes by a rash indulgence in his trading instincts.
From Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life by Henry Rider Haggard
Rickie had irritated her, and, in her desire to shock him, she had imperilled her own peace.
From The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
But he had shown no tact, he had spoken much too strongly; he had imperilled his own good cause by the injudicious manner in which he had put it forward.
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
