How to Use hazard in a Sentence

hazard

1 of 2 noun
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  • Hot lights can become a fire hazard when put on a dry tree.
    — Katie Begley, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The storms are also a major hazard for shipping on the Great Lakes.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • What the old building did have, though, was asbestos — so much that it was deemed a hazard.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The crickets also pose safety hazards out on the roads.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • The hazard for people around Grindavík hasn't changed that much.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Crews on the ground and in spotter planes are fanning out each day to search for emerging hazards along the river’s edge.
    — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • Flameless candles are not a fire hazard when left on overnight.
    — Addie Morton, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Players must keep the hazard of upsets in mind when making their picks.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The neighborhood is outside the nearest wildfire hazard zone, which is along the San Luis Rey riverbed.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The hazards of such pollutants have not been borne equally.
    — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Storm surge is one of the deadliest hazards of a hurricane.
    — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • This plant is also highly flammable, so do not plant near a grill or other fire hazards.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
  • On the flip side, there are hazards to moving too hastily and giving inflation a change to reignite.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • These gloves will protect you from these outdoor hazards.
    — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Athearn certainly knows the hazards that hikers can face on a trail.
    — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
  • Less obvious are the chemical hazards that can reach well beyond the fire zone.
    — Andrew J. Whelton, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Today, the build up of fuels has created a fire hazard that threatens the park’s survival.
    — Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In 2014, a public service advertising client asked him to work on a project about the health hazards of sugary drinks.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Fire officials warn that dry Christmas trees could pose a hazard.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The risk from the gas has since been mitigated and there’s no further hazard to people in the area, according to the Fire Department.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • That resulted in an argument from others at the scene who said the girl had been seizing and said food in her mouth could become a choke hazard.
    — Ashley Killough, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Vibrio used to be a late-summer hazard, but is now turning up earlier—and also later— in the year.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This watch is in effect until 11 a.m. How to react when facing a lightning hazard?
    — Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Among the potential hazards are tinsel on trees, as well as ribbons and string used for wrapping packages.
    — Amy McGorry, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Entanglements with fishing and lobster gear are the main hazard for the species migrating from the Arctic down the Atlantic coast.
    — Bill Weir, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The Campi Flegrei is a challenge from a monitoring and hazards standpoint.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Grain bins and silos are not without hazards — for kids and adults, authorities said.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • But sadly, these youngsters still face so many of the frightening hazards that Misha maneuvered more than two decades ago.
    — Judy Berlfein, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • Because of the fire hazard, some residential buildings have banned e-bikes.
    — Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • Lightning is the first hazard to arrive in a thunderstorm and the last to leave, according to the National Weather Service.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
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hazard

2 of 2 verb
  • His friend asked him to hazard a small sum in a business venture.
  • Foley would not hazard a guess as to which way the court would rule.
    — Rich Exner, cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth hazarding a guess.
    — Slate Staff, Slate Magazine, 24 Jan. 2017
  • The researchers didn't hazard a guess as to how many more years life on Earth could exist.
    — NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Duplay and co do not hazard a guess—their plans are by no means advanced enough for that.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Any more books at this point would just add to the fire hazard your house has become thanks to a lifetime of book hoarding.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Bingman won't even hazard a guess as to what scent cues guided the spiders home.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2017
  • In those 30 days, Hurley and Adams spoke and texted countless times, too many for either to hazard a guess.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 20 June 2018
  • There is not a Jew in the world who wouldn’t assess the lineup, consider his classmates, and hazard a guess—who went Nazi?
    — Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
  • Feel free to hazard a guess as to why - sharpening, perhaps?
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2010
  • When Anna Nicole Smith was found unresponsive on February 8, no one could hazard a guess as to the cause.
    — Maude Campbell, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2020
  • And yet from that email—from that everything—one can hazard a guess about Fred’s answers to the questions shouted at Pam Bondi in Tampa.
    — Tom Junod, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The trade group has filed legal challenges to hazard pay ordinances in at least three California cities.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2021
  • In other cases, where migrants hazard the open sea, naval and coast guard vessels intercept and deport them.
    — Paul A. Kramer, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Data about ancient quakes and tsunamis like the one that reshaped society here 3,800 years ago could offer a longer-term perspective to hazard planners.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Another catch is that the agreement would hazard unfettered trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
    — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Scientists can’t hazard a guess at how many rats there are because their numbers fluctuate wildly.
    — Washington Post, 11 May 2017
  • Some companies, such as Starbucks and Dell, have pulled their guidance on annual earnings, declining even to hazard a guess about the future.
    — The Economist, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Brown himself won’t hazard to guess what could materialize in the aftermath.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2020
  • But there are scant details so far — leaving investors to hazard a wide range of guesses on exactly how ambitious the legislation will be.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The Tesla Model 3 is not merely a car but a hyper-connected piece of technology that knows what ails you, what hazards your surroundings may pose and tries to predict your every next move.
    — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
  • They and Benson face charges of negligent homicide, dereliction of duty and hazarding a vessel.
    — Author: Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Megan Colligan, the president of Imax Entertainment, would not publicly hazard a guess.
    — Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Eissey wouldn’t hazard a guess as to how much government entities or HOAs pay on a per-street light basis, saying that pricing just isn’t broken down to that granular level.
    — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • All of the possibilities hazarded in the previous paragraphs are risks only.
    — John O'Sullivan, National Review, 23 Sep. 2017
  • During the trial, Winslow Sr. shepherded relatives back-and-forth on bathroom breaks, staring down media members who might hazard a question.
    — Robert Klemko, SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • No other writers are so closely associated with the King, even if their run of collaborations with Elvis was ultimately cut short by… want to hazard a guess?
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 July 2022
  • The charges include negligent homicide, dereliction of duty and hazarding a vessel.
    — CBS News, 16 Jan. 2018
  • But Omni and other hotel owners won’t hazard a guess about whether the holiday season will be a meaningful revenue boost for their beleaguered businesses.
    — Dallas News, 24 Nov. 2020
  • None of the experts the Washington Examiner consulted about technical aspects of the legislation would hazard a guess.
    — Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021

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