How to Use harm's way in a Sentence

harm's way

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  • Do not do anything that will put yourself or others in harm's way.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024
  • The bottom line is too many children are in harm's way, according to McKay.
    — Dr. Michelle March, ABC News, 13 June 2024
  • Pugliese grabbed Tamerlan by the belt to pull him out of harm's way.
    — Fox News, 1 June 2021
  • Still, Jake, Neytiri and their children aren't in harm's way.
    — Jillian Pretzel, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • That's because no one has yet been in harm's way as a result of the fires.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Howard said Brooks put his head in harm's way to go after a loose ball.
    — Larry Lage, Star Tribune, 6 Jan. 2021
  • One of them captured a man pulling a child out of harm's way as a person was thrown in the air.
    — CBS News, 23 Nov. 2021
  • It was reported that his kids were safe and out of harm's way.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The footage shows the cops diverting several cars to get the snake out of harm's way.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 19 June 2018
  • All are in harm's way, along with maples, cherries and dogwoods.
    — USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The Arb is an ideal place to do something outdoors and stay out of harm's way.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
  • In a flash a border collie zips across the lawn, grabbing the pup and dashing out of harm's way.
    — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2019
  • Byron Sage: Our primary goal was to get the kids out of harm's way.
    — CBS News, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Rachael Ray was not in harm's way when a fire erupted at her New York home on Sunday.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 9 Aug. 2020
  • To get that rib eye out of harm's way, gently slide it to a flare-free area with tongs until the fire subsides.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit, 15 May 2017
  • Muschamp put herself in harm's way while pushing the stroller out of the vehicle's path.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Matthews, with the help of others, got Melanson out of harm's way and into a pickup truck.
    — Jason Hanna, CNN, 17 May 2018
  • Our diplomacy does not hinge on having boots in harm's way, US boots on the ground.
    — Jim Sciutto, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Thank you to our men and women in uniform who put themselves in harm way — harm's way.
    — NBC News, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Once the turtle was out of harm's way Yaghnam waved the other driver through.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Rodgers replaced his helmet with a baseball cap at halftime and watched the rest of the game from the sideline out of harm's way.
    — Larry Lage, ajc, 9 Jan. 2022
  • But on that day last month, the restaurant had closed due to a tropical storm, so no one was in harm's way, Roche said.
    — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Scott was a top undercover agent for the FBI, putting himself in harm's way dozens of times.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Abbott warned that people who fail to get out of harm's way could be cut off from help long after the storm hits.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2020
  • At times, this fear center in your brain acts as your own internal Spidey sense to keep you out of harm's way.
    — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2020
  • It is meant to be used for Class C misdemeanors, where an arrestee won't put the public in harm's way.
    — Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2019
  • All this was surely meant to paint a picture of someone who'd put herself in harm's way.
    — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, 12 Nov. 2019
  • However, a delay helped keep the driver out of harm's way.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • While many troops are still in harm's way, the US no longer has tens of thousands of soldiers waging vast land wars in the Middle East.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 2 June 2018
  • And by getting out of his car and running toward the flames, the rescuer put himself – and others – in harm's way.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2017

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