(n.) Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty.
(n.) Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
(n.) Difficulty; sparingness.
(n.) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
(v. t.) To endanger.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The Samaras government has proved to be dangerous; it cannot continue handling the country's fate."
(2) It arguably became too comfortable for Rodgers' team, with complacency and slack defending proving a dangerous brew.
(3) But it will be a subtle difference, because it's already abundantly clear there's no danger of the war being suddenly forgotten, or made to seem irrelevant to our sense of what Europe and the world has to avoid repeating.
(4) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
(5) Women seldom occupy higher positions in a [criminal] organisation, and are rather used for menial, but often dangerous tasks ,” it notes.
(6) King Salman of Saudi Arabia urged the redoubling of efforts to “eradicate this dangerous scourge and rid the world of its evils”.
(7) They have actively intervened with governments, and particularly so in Africa.” José Luis Castro, president and chief executive officer of Vital Strategies, an organisation that promotes public health in developing countries, said: “The danger of tobacco is not an old story; it is the present.
(8) Meanwhile Bradley Beal has developed into a dangerous second option and complementary sidekick in exactly the same way that Dion Waiters hasn't for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
(9) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
(10) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
(11) Existing mental health and criminal justice systems provide social control for some of these dangerous individuals, but may be inadequate to deal with those mentally disordered offenders who were not found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI).
(12) When in addition the serum P is low (which was a feature of male patients), the danger exists for osteomalacia to develop.
(13) "It's a dangerous sign to send and it limits our ability to find a diplomatic solution to nuclear arms in Iran," he said.
(14) "If older people do not stay informed about the changes and take action, there is a danger that they will end up paying more unnecessarily."
(15) "Our black, Muslim and Jewish citizens will sleep much less easily now the BBC has legitimised the BNP by treating its racist poison as the views of just another mainstream political party when it is so uniquely evil and dangerous."
(16) The major difficulty encountered with the current technique is the danger of neurologic injury during the passage and handling of conventional wires, especially in extensive procedures.
(17) My son was born healthy, strong and very handsome, in spite of his dangerous start.
(18) Wright said that he was told the other two pages of documents were not provided because of freedom of information subsections concerning privacy, "sources and methods," and that can "put someone's life in danger."
(19) Sequential birth control pills are less common than monophasic pills, partly because the "first generation" sequential pills, which used estrogen only during the 1st part of the cycle, were more dangerous than the monophasic pills.
(20) Essaid Belkalem is live to the danger and saves his side's bacon.
Offing
Definition:
(n.) That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing.
Example Sentences:
(1) But what was, perhaps, even more fun than a win in the offing was that the desperation of opponents of same-sex marriage leading up to today’s argument in Obergefell v Hodges was palpable.
(2) Instead a banally labelled Office for Students (OfS) is to be created.
(3) Existing systems use traditional programming techniques to create conventional "frame-based" instruction, but more intelligent authoring aids are in the offing Even though the technology is advancing rapidly many of the evaluation methods and measurement problems discussed here can still be presumed to apply.
(4) Speculation swirled throughout Wednesday that an evacuation mission was in the offing.
(5) Indeed, in the modern context, it is not hard to see how a crashed financial market might be viewed as a powerful suggestion that party leaders are losing heaven’s favour and their own legitimacy, and, worse, that a new dynastic cycle may be in the offing.
(6) From the four major laboratories dealing with the population of the OFS all cytological reports of one randomly chosen working day per month in 1985 were analysed for three demographic variables: age, race, and locality according to census district.
(7) The reaction of the crowd signalled a development that has been in the offing for a while.
(8) The building, which sits in the shadow of Caernarfon castle and the city walls, was built in 1283 by Edward I shortly after he’d offed Llywelyn and occupied Wales.
(9) They rose yesterday when it looked like a deal was in the offing and have now closed down after dipping in and out of positive territory for much of the day.
(10) "More bobbing, weaving, and slippery behaviour is no doubt in the offing.
(11) There are two expensive aircraft carriers in the offing.
(12) It ensures that, while overseas investors are joining us, the heart and soul of the club remains in south London.” The deal has been long in the offing, with Palace manager Alan Pardew saying this week that investment was on the agenda when he agreed to take charge of Palace in January.
(13) A crucial kit deal, worth up to $1bn (£600m), remains in the offing – although sources close to the process have latterly betrayed frustration with United's hardline negotiating stance.
(14) O’Neill is keen to play the pragmatist, insisting third place and a play-off remains his primary objective, but he also had a feeling that a big result was in the offing in Athens.
(15) With an election in the offing, and the Tories making much of the running on bank bonuses, Brown needs to shrug off his reputation as the staunch defender of the City, and show that he "gets" the public's fury about the activities of the banks.
(16) Post Jol, Berbatov's future looks uncertain, with a January move in the offing.
(17) Acceptable figures were virtually limited to Bloemfontein, predominantly in white patients, while three-quarters of the population of the OFS is black.
(18) In this case the OfS will probably end up looking too much like Hefce for the taste of ministers, and too little for those who object to the (even greater) politicisation of our universities.
(19) Locals own the highest number of electric cars per capita in Denmark , and are often champing at the bit to get involved in the next green project in the offing, says Hermansen.
(20) With a possible swine flu pandemic in the offing, the "vaccine strategy" required is critical, particularly as the medical and public health communities in the United States embark on the first systematic attempt in history to blunt preemptively the impact of a pandemic.