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
Thorne had learned to respect his adversary's strength and skill, but he would have hazarded a second encounter but for the prudential reasons already suggested.
From Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent by Alger, Horatio
For their own convenience the German troops quartered at the old place had left the bridge over the moat undisturbed, else Sally would never have hazarded a dangerous crossing.
From The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor by Vandercook, Margaret
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 Post, Charles J.
