imperil
verb (used with object)
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
were imperilling
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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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But presently it appeared that local jealousies and divisions were imperilling the interests of all, and that even the independence of the group was impossible without an effective national government.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Henry Kalloch Rowe
Those for whom he and his party were imperilling their lives were in fact to leave them to perish as best they might in the empty shell of the palace.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
