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He has passed through more battles and perils than you have, Ingold, though you be twice his height; and he comes now from the storming of Isengard, of which we bear tidings, and great weariness is on him, or I would wake him.†
Chpt 5.1

perils = dangers
But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care.†
Chpt 5.1

peril = danger
'I will not hide from you, Master Peregrin,' said Beregond, 'that to us you look almost as one of our children, a lad of nine summers or so; and yet you have endured perils and seen marvels that few of our greybeards could boast of.†
Chpt 5.1

perils = dangers
But however that may be, my lord Faramir is abroad, beyond the River on some perilous errand, and he may have sent tidings.†
Chpt 5.1

perilous = dangerous
I have heard strange words, and I see new perils far off.†
Chpt 5.2

perils = dangers
A grave peril I saw coming unlooked-for upon Gondor from the South that will draw off great strength from the defence of Minas Tirith.†
Chpt 5.2

peril = danger
I do not choose paths of peril, Eowyn.†
Chpt 5.2
For I am weary of skulking in the hills, and wish to face peril and battle.†
Chpt 5.2
And yet you counselled me not to adventure on the road that I had chosen, because it is perilous?†
Chpt 5.2

perilous = dangerous
Yet I do not bid you flee from peril, but to ride to battle where your sword may win renown and victory.†
Chpt 5.2

peril = danger
But say to Denethor that even if Rohan itself felt no peril, still we would come to his aid.†
Chpt 5.3
Already it seemed years to Pippin since he had sat there before, in some half-forgotten time when he had still been a hobbit, a light-hearted wanderer touched little by the perils he had passed through.†
Chpt 5.4

perils = dangers
In some other time and place Pippin might have been pleased with his new array, but he knew now that he was taking part in no play; he was in deadly earnest the servant of a grim master in the greatest peril.†
Chpt 5.4

peril = danger
To use this thing is perilous.†
Chpt 5.4

perilous = dangerous
And the retreat of those that we put out far afield will be perilous, if he wins across in force.†
Chpt 5.4
Soon there was great peril of fire behind the wall, and all who could be spared were busy quelling the flames that sprang up in many places.†
Chpt 5.4

peril = danger
I sent my son forth, unthanked, unblessed, out into needless peril, and here he lies with poison in his veins.†
Chpt 5.4
Now the time was anxious, and the host was in peril.†
Chpt 5.5
But his wisdom failed; and I fear that as the peril of his realm grew he looked in the Stone and was deceived: far too often, I guess, since Boromir departed.†
Chpt 5.7
At the doors of the Houses many were already gathered to see Aragorn, and they followed after him; and when at last he had supped, men came and prayed that he would heal their kinsmen or their friends whose lives were in peril through hurt or wound, or who lay under the Black Shadow.†
Chpt 5.8
But deep in the hearts of all my kindred lies the sea-longing, which it is perilous to stir.†
Chpt 5.9

perilous = dangerous
But we must at all costs keep his Eye from his true peril.†
Chpt 5.9

peril = danger
And they must be hardy men that go willingly, knowing their peril.†
Chpt 5.9
Peregrin shall go and represent the Shirefolk; and do not grudge him his chance of peril, for though he has done as well as his fortune allowed him, he has yet to match your deed.†
Chpt 5.10
For in their last march the Captains had turned away from the old road as it bent east, and avoided the peril of the lurking hills, and so now they were approaching the Morannon from the north-west, even as Frodo had done.†
Chpt 5.10
But unless your master has come to new wisdom, then with all his servants you will be in great peril.†
Chpt 5.10 *
His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming, Mr. Frodo!'†
Chpt 6.1
It was perilous for the hobbits to use such a path, but they needed speed, and Frodo felt that he could not face the toil of scrambling among the boulders or in the trackless glens of the Morgai.†
Chpt 6.2

perilous = dangerous
But far worse than all such perils was the ever-approaching threat that beat upon them as they went: the dreadful menace of the Power that waited, brooding in deep thought and sleepless malice behind the dark veil about its Throne.†
Chpt 6.3

perils = dangers
Of all the slaves of the Dark Lord, only the Nazgul could have warned him of the peril that crept, small but indomitable, into the very heart of his guarded realm.†
Chpt 6.3

peril = danger
He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a point: the next day would be a day of doom, the day of final effort or disaster, the last gasp.†
Chpt 6.3

perils = dangers
For he knew his deadly peril and the thread upon which his doom now hung.†
Chpt 6.3

peril = danger
And so it was that Gwaihir saw them with his keen far-seeing eyes, as down the wild wind he came, and daring the great peril of the skies he circled in the air: two small dark figures, forlorn, hand in hand upon a little hill, while the world shook under them, and gasped, and rivers of fire drew near.†
Chpt 6.4
You should come safe to your own homes now, and I shall not be kept awake for fear of your peril.†
Chpt 6.6
The Hobbits were grieved at this parting; for Aragorn had never failed them and he had been their guide through many perils.†
Chpt 6.6

perils = dangers
He knew too little of hobbits to understand his peril.†
Chpt 6.8

peril = danger

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(1) (peril)
danger
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peril in The Return of the King (Auto-generated)

peril
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The Return of the King
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