Words similar to risked

Example sentences for: risked

How can you use “risked” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It revealed "a terrible impotence" against ethnic cleansing that risked becoming a sinister example not only for the Balkans but for the rest of the world.
a) Whistleblower (see d under Minuses): risked humiliation to expose something she believed was wrong.
Today's Journal front recounts the sad saga of a onetime $400,000-a-year NBC vice president, who risked it all--his five bedroom house in Greenwich, his kids' private schools, his trips to London--to join an Internet startup.
All in all, the evidence seemed to suggest that infants who spent more than 20 hours a week in nonmaternal care risked being less attached to their mothers, and risked displaying uncooperative behavior later in life.
We've risked our careers to prosecute a popular president.