perilous journey

collocation in English

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perilous
adjective
uk
/ˈper.əl.əs/us
/ˈper.əl.əs/
extremely ...
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journey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒɜː.ni/us
/ˈdʒɝː.ni/
the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in ...
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(Definition ofperilousandjourneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is inconceivable that thisperilousjourneywas undertaken without some motive behind it.
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The book starts out with the three heroes'perilousjourneythrough the jungle.
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Traveling cross-country, he sets out on aperilousjourney, attempting to meet up with the nurses who have gone on ahead.
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Sickness and poor health became common among the janissaries, claiming many lives along theperilousjourney.
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The unlucky ones continue theirperilousjourneyat sea, sometimes lasting a few months long, suffering from hunger, thirst, disease, and pirates before finding safety.
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Each embarks on aperilousjourneyinto the heavens and, if successful, returns with a boon for dissemination.
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They struggle on aperilousjourneyto find one another.
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All of these destinations would require aperilousjourneyin the lifeboats, once the floe upon which they were drifting finally broke up.
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During theirperilousjourney, the friendship between them develops into a romance.
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Prepare for aperilousjourneyto the most far-out place of all inside the human body!
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The area was akin to a swamp and the few who ventured forth were looked upon after their return as people who had performed a somewhatperilousjourney.
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They had come from north, south, east and west, making perilous journeys, to present their case to us.
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Descendants of these men still fish the same waters and take the same perilous journeys today.
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