hazard
noun
an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
is hazarding
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present progressiveof hazard (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As the problem is obviously one of primary importance, and well worthy of the attention of inventors, it is hazarding nothing to predict its satisfactory solution at no distant date.
This well may do in single life, but to depend on these for the future exigencies of a family, is hazarding peace, honor and reputation, at a single game of chance.
From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton
War is unwise, as it is hazarding eternal things for only the chance of defending temporal things 42 VIII.
From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by Dodge, David Low
"Yes, but he is hazarding his position and very livelihood on the die," remarked the Superintendent.
From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
This well may do in single life; but to depend on these for the future exigencies of a family, is hazarding peace, honour and reputation, at a single game of chance.
From Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father by Mitchell, I. (Isaac)
