Quentin Bryce

Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitude over and again. People just rally and get on with it.

Australian Politician

Letitia James

Human induced climate change is real, and the evidence is right in front of us. It threatens our shores. It promises to bring intense heat waves and powerful storms. It has the power to disrupt our economy, endanger our food supply, and imperil global stability. We must take action to stop it.

American Public Servant

Maria Konnikova

Not only is the past of a person with no memory inaccessible; his ability to think about the future is imperilled. Time travel, then, is ultimately - and paradoxically - an exercise in remembering. And without that capacity it simply cannot exist.

American Writer

Deborah Moggach

I am a great believer in having the power to end your life and knowing that, in extremis, you can. But I would not want to involve anybody else in my actions if it could imperil them.

English Writer

Ida B. Wells

The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.

American Activist

Christian Nestell Bovee

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

American Author

Owen Jones

A society should be judged by how it treats its children. A country that fails to invest in its children is imperilling its future.

British Journalist

Eddie Bernice Johnson

The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.

American Politician

Asha Rangappa

The assumption that everyone in government is a bad actor imperils our democracy.

American Lawyer

Leonardo da Vinci

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Italian Artist

Use 'imperil' when the risk involves serious harm or loss, not just minor trouble.

Serious Consequences

'Imperil' can refer to other kinds of danger, like damaging reputation or financial health.

Not Just Physical

Using 'imperil' suggests a strong emotional response, like worry or anxiety about the risk.

Strong Emotion

 or a terrorist incident that causes nations of the world to rush to adopt these weapons before thinking through the consequences. Autonomous robotic weapons concentrate too much power in too few hands, and they would imperil democracy itself.

Daniel Suarez: The kill...

 beaches are oiled and wildlife faces possible mass die-offs but on top of the ecological disaster unique cultures of the people living in Louisiana's bayous could also vanish the oil spill has a potential to imperil all of us I mean