"Run a risk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... breakers ahead; storm brewing; clouds in the horizon, clouds gathering; warning &c. 668; alarm &c. 669. [Sense of danger] apprehension &c. 860. V. be in danger &c. Adj.; be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger &c. n.; run a risk; lay oneself open to &c. (liability) 177; lean on a broken reed, trust to a broken reed; feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it; have the chances against one, have the odds against one, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus • Peter Mark Roget
... Mr. Mainwaring says truly, is Mr. Mason. I certainly never excelled in poetry, and never attempted the species of poetry alluded to, odes. Dr. Lort, I suppose, is removing to a living or a prebend, at least; I hope so. He may run a risk if he carries his book to Lambeth. "Sono sonate venti tre ore e mezza," as Alexander VIII. said to his nephew, when he was chosen pope in extreme old age. My Lord of Canterbury's is not extreme, but very tottering. ...
— Letters of Horace Walpole, V4 • Horace Walpole
... we can travel more slowly and not run a risk like that again," decided Tom. "I'll put double valves on the emergency air tank, so no accident will ...
— Tom Swift and his Undersea Search - or, The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic • Victor Appleton
... go alone. These two men have done enough for me. It is now my turn to run a risk for them and, if I die, ...
— Wood Rangers - The Trappers of Sonora • Mayne Reid
... shopping; then I suppose home, unless a fit seizes Julie and we run a risk once more of ...
— Simon Called Peter • Robert Keable |
