imperil
verb (used with object)
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
was imperiling
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past progressiveof imperil.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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That, in turn, was imperiling a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that was scheduled for a House vote on Thursday.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
Loudoun’s equity work began in earnest about two years ago after two high-profile reports found that widespread racism was imperiling Black and Hispanic students’ progress.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2021
In 2012 she co-authored a paper announcing this “milkweed limitation hypothesis” and its alarming implication: Roundup was imperiling the great monarch butterfly migration.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2020
In July, she wrote an essay predicting that a rise in consumer and corporate debt was imperiling the longest expansion in U.S. history.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2019
Every victim was a culprit, every culprit a victim, and somebody had to stand up sometime to try to break the lousy chain of inherited habit that was imperiling them all.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
