Should Kovno fall, the other fortresses on the Niemen would be in great peril, and the enemy would have a direct route to Vilna, where they would be in the rear of the Russians.
The rescued sailors jumped on board; but even in the act of doing so they were in great peril, for the seas at times were rising thirty feet above the deck of the smack.
The first gives us no exalted notion of the Constable's courage: 'A siege is ordained for the castle I keep, and that is great peril for me.
And if he adventure his body with yonder knight at the fountain it is in great peril if ever he come again, for he is one of the best knights of the world, and the strongest man of arms.
The meanwhile came in Sir Ector with an eager countenance, and found Ulfius and Brastias on foot in great peril of death, that were foul bruised under the horse feet.
Gawaine and Gaheris withstood them as well as they could; but the knights were dangerous fighters on foot, and one of them with a bow gave Gawaine a wound through the arm, so that at last the two were in great peril of their lives.
His first blow was so mighty that it crushed Marhaus's shield to pieces; and thereafter the knight was in great peril, for the giant was both strong and a wily fighter.
All the leaders on both sides were again and again unhorsed and put in great peril, only to be rescued by the valour of their fellows.
She therefore remained outside in great peril, for she was blown out to sea again, and drifted to some distance before she was enabled to enter.
And they had taken some thirty of his knights, and thought to come to Constantinople; and they had left him, you must know, in great peril.
Not long after the Greeks in Adrianople rose in arms; and such of our men as were therein, and had been set to guard it, came out in great peril, and left the city.
And be it known to you that, by reason of the treachery of the Greeks, they went in great peril, and on a hard adventure.
When they got outside the gate, there was not one of them but felt glad at heart; nor is that to be marvelled at, for they had escaped from very great peril, and it held to very little that they were not all killed or taken.
The whole coast has been explored by Sir John Franklin, Sir John Richardson, and Sir George Back, who have earned their knighthoods through great peril.
This day we were again in the ice, and like to be in as great peril as we were at the first.
All have come back safe, though they have been in great peril of their lives.
Indeed, such is the barbarous heathen and debased condition of the countless inhabitants of this island-world of the Pacific, that the navigation of these seas is indeed an undertaking of great peril.
Thus, through God's grace, I have always been allowed to feel when in positions of great peril.
Hurlbut had not the numbers to meet any such force as Van Dorn's if they had been in any mood for fighting, and he might have been in great peril.
In the first order he was notified that the force of 4,000 men which was going to his assistance would be in great peril if the enemy was not pursued.
It is of great peril to dally even for a moment with the sinful suggestion.
Even if our querulous spirit does not lead directly to such serious sin, it involves us in great peril.
So it often happens that vessels running through the Downs in such weather, suddenly find themselves in a position of great peril.
This time he found in England something else besides galas; he before long fell seriously ill, "which mightily disconcerted the King and Queen of England, for the wisest in the country judged him to be in great peril.
One day the king was with the queen his wife, and she was in great perilof death, for that she had suffered from a child of which she had been delivered.
They have put the country in great peril to gratify their political ambition and they ought to suffer the penalty of treason as a warning to all men hereafter.
The men were little used to the management of the canoes, and they soon found themselves in great peril.
When the boat got in, Tristan found the settlement in great peril.
They were all in great peril of drowning, and though it seemed that such a fate could only be delayed for a time, they started to remove the poor, frightened creatures to places as far beyond the rapidly encroaching waters as possible.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great peril" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
