How to Use jeopardy in a Sentence

jeopardy

noun

• This is a book about the role of the press in a democracy that’s in grave jeopardy.
  — Kathy Kiely, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• One false move, and all the months of jeopardy would be for nothing.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• The Paris process, in other words, would be in great jeopardy.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2022
• Putin, meanwhile, blamed Ukraine for putting the plant in jeopardy.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2022
• But an arm injury has put the unique QB matchup in jeopardy.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 1 Apr. 2023
• But the nation is not out of the woods, and some states are in greater jeopardy than others.
  — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 18 July 2024
• The future of the Ryder Cup could be in jeopardy amid golf's big split.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
• This is not the first time Crisman's Super Bowl streak has been put in jeopardy.
  — Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
• Glenn’s job seemed to be in jeopardy when the Lions got off to a slow start, but the defense has done a 180 since the bye.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2022
• Since the school has been closed for the remainder of the year, the squad’s status is in jeopardy anyway.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
• The only exception to Ohio's law is if the life of the mother is in jeopardy.
  — Bethany Bruner, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
• The only exception is if the life of the woman is in jeopardy.
  — Kevin McGill, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2022
• The only exception to the law is if the mother’s life is in jeopardy.
  — Bob Christie, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• The only exception to the law is if the mother's life is in jeopardy.
  — Bob Christie, ajc, 28 Oct. 2022
• The only exemption to the ban is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy.
  — Bob Christie, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2022
• This is a great way to earn some cash whenever your bet looks to be in jeopardy.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2023
• But this one seems more ominous on the legal jeopardy front.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
• The only exception in the Texas ban is when the life of the pregnant person is in jeopardy.
  — Niki Griswold, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
• True, the winner will have an extra game to play, and thus will be put in jeopardy of taking a loss at the end of the season.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
• The West is in the throes of a 23-year megadrought that has nearly drained reservoirs and put water supplies in jeopardy.
  — Brian Melley, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
• But, at this point, should Biden engage the country in that level of jeopardy?
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
• But the overcount is a clear sign that Rhode Island’s second House seat could be in jeopardy in the 2030 census.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022
• Entering Sunday, Cleveland was in jeopardy of falling all the way to the No. 10 spot with a loss.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2022
• That means Drew must put her own life in jeopardy to save her sister before time runs out.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Mar. 2023
• But with Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, Anna began to fear that her life’s work was in jeopardy.
  — Deborah Cadbury, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022
• But Arizona has a law that bans mailing the pills, as well as the law that bans all abortions unless the life of the mother is in jeopardy.
  — Bob Christie, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• But the school’s second season is now in jeopardy about a week before it is set to begin.
  — Adam Zagoria, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• There was that combination of, there's a mystery and maybe there's some jeopardy, and the children are acting like the adults most of the time.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• In that scenario, clinics might stop services entirely to avoid putting providers in legal jeopardy, as happened in Alabama.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
• Now, however, the Supreme Court helped narrow the cases against him involving Jan. 6 and his work to reverse his loss, even if his legal jeopardy on those fronts isn't completely eliminated.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024