How to Use dangerous in a Sentence

dangerous

adjective
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  • The city can be a dangerous place to live.
  • The storms may cause dangerous flooding.
  • He is wanted for assault with a dangerous weapon.
  • He often drives at dangerous speeds.
  • She got into a car accident while driving through a dangerous intersection.
  • But that is a very dangerous game to play in the play-in round.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The most dangerous habit for cheaters is to send photos and videos.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
  • Exposed rocks to the east of the beach are dangerous and should be avoided.
    — Staff Report, Post-Tribune, 3 July 2018
  • In truth, my drive from my home to the airport was more dangerous than my flight.
    — Tom Keane, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
  • That's dangerous—the board can kick back—so use a miter gauge to chop the pieces to length.
    — Richard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The job, at that point, felt so reckless and dangerous.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The thrills come when the would-be thieves are trapped inside the house with a very dangerous Lang.
    — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The death penalty will make things even more dangerous for girls.
    — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Even sparklers sold at the grocery store are dangerous.
    — cleveland, 27 June 2020
  • Oh, and watch out for the falling prop, that could have been rather dangerous.
    — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Rydberg had five shots in the game, and a few dangerous crosses.
    — Dan Shalin, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • Yet the way it was done makes this a very dangerous and cynical move.
    — Dakota Smith, latimes.com, 26 June 2019
  • And then there’s the last question, which is too dangerous to type out here.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
  • But many missed the target and of those that did, few were truly dangerous.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 30 June 2018
  • The first one, with Belgium dangerous and on the front foot, was quite a bit of fun.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 July 2018
  • Such a cure would be more dangerous than the alleged disease.
    — WSJ, 17 May 2022
  • Pierce has been the Bearcats' most dangerous deep threat over the last three seasons.
    — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2021
  • At times, a poster's denial can be dangerous, the study found.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Some of the most dangerous waste was shipped off-site by train and buried in Nevada.
    — cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Has a plane ever been deemed too dangerous to fly again?
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Authentic toys can be dangerous, too, in the hands of a young child.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • But Cline warns that the hunt will be more dangerous than ever too.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Their guards are dangerous but also their post depth can stretch you out.
    — Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2021
  • But one of those is that the most dangerous people in any society are young men.
    — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2021
  • Okay not so dangerous there (above ^^^, but stay with me).
    — SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019

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