hazard
noun
an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
have hazarded
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present perfectof hazard.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Watching “The Goldfinch,” I found myself fantasizing about one of the possible audacities that the movie, absent Theo’s unifying voice, could have hazarded.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 18, 2019
“We have hazarded our lives for his cause.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
He would have hazarded "Sanctissima," possibly, as he stood there looking intently into her clear, soft eyes, with all their depth of tenderness and trust.
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
It will even wound their delicacy, coolly to reflect that they have hazarded a step, which has an air of dictating terms to their country, by taking advantage of the necessity of the moment.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
What the aurora borealis is no one knows, although many have hazarded opinions regarding it.
From The Ocean and its Wonders by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
