How to Use dangerous in a Sentence

dangerous

adjective
  • 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.
  • Most of them are no more dangerous than the rest of us.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • The episode led to a dangerous car crash.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
  • That may be the most dangerous part.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Charges have to be filed and they are called dangerous dog charges.
    — Jim McHugh, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • But that is a very dangerous game to play in the play-in round.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • These are -- these are very dangerous jobs these days.
    — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • If that’s a pull quote, that’s a dangerous one.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
  • Those are the most dangerous whites.
    — Malina Saval, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • All of those things are dangerous.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The dangerous stunts didn't stop there.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • So, for them, a camera is just as dangerous as a gun.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Kyiv’s been a very dangerous place now for a number of years.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2026
  • The most dangerous habit for cheaters is to send photos and videos.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
  • It’s been a dangerous time in Tahoe.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That speed is what makes this type of attack so dangerous.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • That's dangerous—the board can kick back—so use a miter gauge to chop the pieces to length.
    — Paul Steiner, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The death penalty will make things even more dangerous for girls.
    — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • When healthy, Trout is a dangerous man.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Ghazal says the trip is a long and dangerous process.
    — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 27 May 2026
  • Their sting is painful but is rarely dangerous to humans.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
  • And that’s on top of the already dangerous seas.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In truth, my drive from my home to the airport was more dangerous than my flight.
    — Tom Keane, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
  • And then there’s the last question, which is too dangerous to type out here.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Against a team with nothing to play for, that’s dangerous.
    — Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025
  • At times, a poster's denial can be dangerous, the study found.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Nov. 2019

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