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Example sentences for "jeopardizing"

Lexicographically close words:
jeoparded; jeopardise; jeopardised; jeopardize; jeopardized; jeopardy; jer; jerboa; jerboas; jeremiad
  1. The American navy in saving Germany's victims had saved Germany from facing the consequences of her behavior in jeopardizing the lives of Americans on board the Stephano.

  2. While the war lasted the menace of its awaking and jeopardizing German peace with the United States was always present.

  3. The loss of two British steamers, the Japanese Prince and the Mantola, sunk without warning, added to the growing indictment against Germany in the consequent jeopardizing of American lives.

  4. And it is true, but whoever said so aloud would be jeopardizing his head, for Hassan would conceal his failings for fear of being deprived of the command of the army if they became generally known.

  5. The mercurial youth seems to have no idea that within an hour he will be jeopardizing his head by engaging in a foolhardy enterprise which runs counter to the whole policy of the Turkish Empire.

  6. In the first place, they have carefully studied their holdings, in many instances being assisted by the Forest Service at Washington; they have thus become enlightened as to how far cutting timber can go without jeopardizing the future.

  7. In business we endeavor, by industrious and intelligent use of our capital, to produce as the fruit of our efforts an annual return without impairing the capital--without touching the principle or jeopardizing it in any manner.

  8. It was as if, by considered action, he had set about jeopardizing his own dignity.

  9. Race prejudice is the chief factor in originating these disturbances, and it exists in a large part of our domain, jeopardizing our domestic peace and the good relationship we strive to maintain with China.

  10. This Nation simply cannot accept anything less without jeopardizing the lives of our men and of our allies.

  11. What is due notice must depend upon the facts of the case; it should not be used as a pretext to permit violation of law or the jeopardizing of life or property.

  12. Three years of steady decline in the value of our annual defense investment have increased the risk of our most basic security interests, jeopardizing earlier hard-won goals.

  13. Within those other Nations--those which today must bear the primary, definite responsibility for jeopardizing world peace--what hope lies?

  14. The club might well be proud of its young men who had practised arms in times of peace, for now they were all jeopardizing their existence at the front.

  15. We shall not imitate the enemy, appropriating territory and jeopardizing the peace of the world.

  16. Flacius continued his opposition because he could not do otherwise without sacrificing his own principles, compromising the truth, and jeopardizing the doctrine of justification.

  17. Without compromising the truth and jeopardizing the doctrine of justification, therefore, the Lutherans were able to regard as satisfactory only a clear and unequivocal rejection of Majorism as it is found in the Formula of Concord.

  18. On July 19th Redmond asked that a date should be fixed for the introduction of the proposed Bill, and next day he renewed his demand, urging that the constant delays and postponements were "seriously jeopardizing the chance of settlement.

  19. That is our immediate necessity, and no Irishman in responding to it need be afraid he is jeopardizing the future of the Volunteers.

  20. Never has he explained or attempted to explain the nature of those 'certain concessions' that led him to nominate himself, although he knew that in so doing he was Jeopardizing the future of his city.

  21. In spite of the fact that he was jeopardizing his position at the State University by his course, Professor Boke did much effective work in bringing the conditions which confronted San Francisco squarely before the public.

  22. Orders by mail and wire which should have had immediate attention were held over until the following day, and this of course could not be permitted, without jeopardizing the business.

  23. You are not only jeopardizing a great and established business--I will say little of that--but you are risking the prosperity of a whole countryside.

  24. The case of the Lusitania shows with horrible clearness to what jeopardizing of human lives the manner of conducting war employed by our adversaries leads.

  25. He was conscious of great danger--of jeopardizing a wonderfully blissful relationship, and finally said: "Perhaps we had better go.

  26. Like Hamlet, he was too fond of cogitating, too anxious to seek the less desperate way, and in doing this was jeopardizing that ideal bliss for which he was willing to toss away all the material advantages which he had thus far gained.


  27. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jeopardizing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.