All 13 Uses
peril
in
The Rainbow Trail
(Auto-generated)
- Perhaps a labor of Hercules, a mighty and perilous work of rescue, the saving of this lost and imprisoned girl, would help him in his trouble.†
Chpt 1perilous = dangerous
- As a matter of fact, he had never in his life been anything but safe and padded around with wool, hence, never having experienced peril, he did not know what fear was.†
Chpt 2peril = danger
- Shefford did not understand himself, but he fought his natural instinctive reluctance to meet obstacles, peril, suffering.†
Chpt 3
- He passed over what he anticipated would be pain and peril—the cost was of no moment.†
Chpt 5
- Danger, steep walls, perilous heights, night, and black canyon the same—these he never thought of.†
Chpt 15 *perilous = dangerous
- But whether the Mormon's trial was one of spiritual rending or the natural physical fear of a perilous, virtually impossible venture, the fact was he was magnificent in his acceptance of it.†
Chpt 15
- And he remembered with a start the agony of toil and peril Venters had endured bringing the progenitors of this stock into the valley.†
Chpt 16peril = danger
- His winding course, however, did not now cover much distance in a straight line, and herein lay the greatest peril.†
Chpt 17
- The right side of the chasm was rimmed, the curve at the head crossed, and then the real peril of this trap had to be faced.†
Chpt 17
- For a moment there was imminent peril for the horses, more in the yawning hole than in the spanging of badly aimed bullets.†
Chpt 17
- Soon twilight would make travel on those walls more perilous and darkness would make it impossible.†
Chpt 17perilous = dangerous
- Moreover, if he led his gang a few rods farther up that slope he would do worse than make a mistake—he would be facing a double peril.†
Chpt 17peril = danger
- Curiosity consumed him because every foot they advanced heightened their peril.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
-
(1)
(peril) danger
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)