danger

A person who is in danger is exposed to a harmful experience, but may or may not be harmed.

• Yolanda is in danger of losing her job.
• Roy is in danger of losing his life to cancer.
• Police officers are often in danger of getting killed.
• Teenagers who drive recklessly put themselves in danger.
• The dangers of smoking are well known by the general public.
• Some people get a thrill from danger.
• There’s a little bit of danger that we face every day.
• Danger comes in many different forms.

The word "dangerous" is an adjective:

• A gun is a dangerous weapon.
• Prisons hold dangerous people.
• Smoking is dangerous to your health.
• Military conflicts put soldiers into dangerous situations.
• Some areas of Iraq and Syria are very dangerous right now.

The word "dangerously" is an adverb:

• Yolanda is dangerously close to losing her job.
• My car is dangerously close to running out of gas.
• Cheesecake is dangerously delicious. (It’s very delicious but don’t eat too much of it!)

Driving on a flooded road is dangerous.

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Date of publication: November 4, 2016