risk
noun
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance.
risked
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past participleof risk.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof risk.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
risknounexposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance.
Example Sentences
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The expert warned that the country of around 50 million people risked becoming "a society of inheritors" in which home ownership depends on parents passing property to their children.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Continuing the pregnancy would have risked both their lives, but Rosanna said the experience was made even more difficult due to a lack of training around medically-advised abortions.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Russell named multiple constitutional limitations, but Shanmugam still claimed on rebuttal that there was “no limit,” and that they risked lawsuits from at least “90,000 municipalities.”
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Her client, Norwegian Ellen Wahlström, said visitors were fortunate - they would only have to leave some of their items behind, while locals risked losing their houses and land.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
He risked a glance; it was one of the advancing cops, their hands up, their focus not on any of the students, but on Daley.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
