prove dangerous
Frequency: 5.53.8 per million words
Used when something is shown to be dangerous through experience or evidence.
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Examples (10)
- The experimental treatment could prove dangerous if the patient is not closely monitored.
- What started as a simple protest proved dangerous when riots broke out.
- Ignoring the warning signs on the treacherous mountain path proved dangerous for the hikers.
- The seemingly harmless children's toy proved dangerous due to a design flaw.
- This new technology might prove dangerous in the wrong hands.
- The political alliance eventually proved dangerous for the country's stability.
- Any attempt to cross the desert without adequate supplies will prove dangerous.
- The calm-looking currents in the river have proven dangerous to many swimmers before.
- Their strategy to expand the business so quickly proved dangerous and led to bankruptcy.
- The chemical mixture will prove dangerous if it's exposed to air.