How to Use dangerous waters in a Sentence

dangerous waters

noun
  • Those are dangerous waters to tread in all the time because teams typically aren’t moving from good players who are healthy and good in the locker room.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • By the time of its sinking, the cutter had completed multiple escort missions through dangerous waters.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Unable to regulate their body temperature, a cold-stunned sea turtle becomes lethargic, stops swimming, and floats to the surface, where the wind and waves can push them to dangerous waters.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The outlet also reported that the search team had to get creative due to the treacherous waves and that the previous day, swimmers had been barred from entering the dangerous waters due to the size of the waves.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But with tankers unable to navigate dangerous waters and missiles constantly streaking across the sky—some targeting crucial energy infrastructure—the effect on the fuel trade is already pronounced.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Joshua Patten was a clipper captain in the 1850s, racing bravely – and perhaps recklessly – through the most dangerous waters in the hemisphere to transport goods in hopes of earning a huge payday.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • In a statement posted to Facebook by Caribbean Guard, a volunteer lifeguard group in Costa Rica, officials detailed the efforts to save the 54-year-old actor from the dangerous waters.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Hailing from Scream scribe and Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson, the crime drama followed the exploits of a prominent North Carolina family whose desperation to save their fishing empire leads them into increasingly dangerous waters.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Following the events of A Palace Near the Wind, Liu Lufeng and her siblings flee the Palace for the dangerous waters, which contain rebels, allies, and her sister Sangshu—though Sangshu’s conflicting loyalties may clash with Lufeng’s plan to keep them all safe.
    — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026

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