They were in peril of death from hunger.
Many species are in peril of extinction because of our destruction of their natural habitat.
It is an election year and the US economy is in peril of falling into recession or worse.
He issued strident pronouncements on the welfare state (it puts Germany in peril of "late Roman decadence," he said) but seemed adrift in the nuanced world of diplomacy.
Suddenly the vision begins to transform and he begins to hear the voice of Paul, "Thrice was I beaten, twice was I imprisoned, in shipwrecks often, in peril often."
Because the ground is always frozen, there is little indoor plumbing and most bathrooms are outhouses and cell phones and car engines are constantly in peril of freezing over.
How can they turn from melancholy when at home they see young arrayed against old, black against white, neighbor against neighbor, so that they stand in peril of social discord.
