How to Use endanger in a Sentence

endanger

verb
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  • The severe drought has endangered crops throughout the area.
  • Parents feared that the dog could endanger their children.
  • Animals cannot digest it, which could endanger wildlife.
    — al, 10 July 2022
  • Crews have been dispatched to remove dead trees in steep areas, which can endanger fire responders.
    — Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • However, climate change also causes droughts, flooding and fires, all of which endanger plants.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
  • This will boost carbon emissions and may endanger its Paris Agreement commitments.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 July 2022
  • Alderman Kurt May said runoff created by drainage problems could endanger lives; the force of water could knock a kid into a culvert.
    — David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News, 10 July 2022
  • Ohio state law bands abortions sought six weeks after conception with an exception for cases that endanger or compromise the physical health of the mother.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 July 2022
  • Fungal rusts and smuts that are proliferating in our increasingly warmer and wetter world endanger the world’s coffee supply.
    — Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • What is going on? Changes are needed: Changes for children endangered by misguided policies and changes for children who desperately need someone to care.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Reporters asked McConnell to address the concerns the decision will endanger women's health, possibly leading to deaths.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 27 June 2022
  • Outside states, of course, are not the only entities endangering the Islamic Republic.
    — Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Cracked hoses that leak air and mask and fin straps that are on the verge of tearing can endanger a diver’s life.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
  • The roseate spoonbill isn't endangered or rare, but the bay of Green Bay is quite far away from its normal habitat.
    — Jeff Bollier, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • They’re listed as federal and state endangered, and in the summer roost in trees, and search for caves and mines in the winter.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Why would Frank code something that could endanger his whole project?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
  • As rare and endangered as the exotic white tiger, the Yurchenko Double Pike is, for now, extinct.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The event was endangered after the volunteer group that long ran the fireworks in the East Side park said in March the event had become too large for the group to manage.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 10 June 2024
  • Zelensky warned that the lack of aid was urgent, and could endanger Ukraine’s major cities.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Today, blue whales are still endangered and face a number of threats, though whaling is now broadly banned across the globe.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The area is home to sea turtles, including the Kemp’s Ridley, as well as Rice’s whales, both of which are endangered.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The former appeared in court on Wednesday on the charge of endangering children.
    — Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Georgia certainly did nothing to endanger its No. 1 ranking, but the schedule looks a lot tougher the rest of the way.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
  • But a 24-year-old man was charged with endangering a child and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
    — CBS News, 30 May 2023
  • Taylor was charged in April with felony child neglect and one count of recklessly leaving a firearm to endanger a child.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • But his life becomes endangered when Katniss and Peeta beat him at his own game.
    — Madeline Cisneros, EW.com, 19 May 2024
  • But the chemotherapy would endanger her chances of having kids.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 19 Sep. 2024
  • She was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
    — Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The state has fought against listing other Alaska species as endangered.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
  • In essence, the tribe declared the fish endangered 18 years before the Endangered Species Act was enacted.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2023

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