How to Use treacherous in a Sentence
treacherous
adjective- They were not prepared to hike over such treacherous terrain.
- Discussions about money can lead couples into treacherous territory.
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The descent to the street, where the men will meet a hearse, is a treacherous one.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
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The captain turns our craft and prepares to make the treacherous run.
—Craig Welch, National Geographic, 7 July 2020
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The sea was churning and treacherous even for strong swimmers, as the wind kicked up the waves.
—Claire Rush, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2023
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This is both a treacherous time and a time of great promise.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 12 June 2020
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Cantlay gets up-and-down to save par around the treacherous 18th green to shoot 66.
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2022
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The world can be treacherous, but the tiger is a master of survival.
—Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
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Trails and hikes abound but some are quite steep and may be treacherous.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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The 2023 rankings put North Texas as one of the most treacherous regions in the state for dog bites.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024
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When a cold front with high wind scours the snow off the ice pack, footing can be treacherous.
—The Editors, Outdoor Life, 27 Jan. 2020
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The Gulf Stream can be treacherous even on a calm, sunny day.
—Adriana Gomez Licon, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2022
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The waning of the ice has made the mountain even more treacherous than in Humboldt's day.
—Tim Appenzeller, Science | AAAS, 11 Sep. 2019
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These guys go through some treacherous terrain and a lot of it is at night.
—Angela Dawson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
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Some of the sections are topped by razor wire, and the ocean off the park is treacherous for swimmers.
—Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Oct. 2021
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The more public the forum, the more treacherous the minefield.
—1843, 21 May 2020
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Pick my way across some treacherous rock slides climbing out of the Grand Canyon.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
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Miners used this treacherous trail back in the day to access copper mines in the canyon.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
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Traversing the Sabzak Pass in Afghanistan is treacherous.
—Yaqoob Akbary Kiana Hayeri, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
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Many have turned to a treacherous overland route: the Darién Gap.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
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The fates of the protagonists converge in one race, the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
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The par-4 hole played long all afternoon and was near-treacherous for the playoff.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 17 Sep. 2017
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But the politics of the issue are treacherous for them.
—Rebecca Robbins, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
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After that, things take a sudden, treacherous turn for the worst.
—Natasha Frost, Quartz, 13 June 2019
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The only way to save his legacy and business is to win the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
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The storms were intense and unpredictable, the currents treacherous ,and the fog thick.
—Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
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Stephens’s, the country could well be in far less treacherous, and lethal, straits today.
—Win McCormack, The New Republic, 13 Aug. 2020
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The roads will still be treacherous in north Alabama this evening and overnight.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 18 Feb. 2021
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The good news is that NWS predicts ice won’t form on trees and power lines, but roads and sidewalks could become treacherous.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
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Thankfully, the current occupants of the Twins are far less treacherous than their descendant Walder Frey.
—Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 15 July 2024
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