deadly peril
Frequency: 5.52.1 per million words
involving a high risk of death
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Examples (10)
- The explorers found themselves in deadly peril when the blizzard hit the mountain.
- Escaping the burning skyscraper was a moment of deadly peril for the office workers.
- Soldiers on the front lines face deadly peril every single day.
- Many sailors have lost their lives to the deadly peril of the deep sea storms.
- The legendary hero saved the kingdom from the deadly peril of the invading army.
- Spreading the biological weapon would put the entire population in deadly peril.
- She realized her life was in deadly peril as the shadow moved toward her bed.
- Navigating through the old minefield was a task fraught with deadly peril.
- The mission to repair the reactor involved moments of deadly peril for the engineers.
- Without oxygen, the stranded divers remained in deadly peril beneath the ice.