danger-point

The old man contorted himself aboard, rolling his body across the gunwale so quickly, that, even while it started to capsize, his weight was across the danger-point and counterbalancing the canoe to its proper equilibrium.

CHAPTER 2 2010

No call for advice is too small to receive his immediate attention, no fight is too hot and no danger-point too remote to keep him from the fray.

History of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge 2007

At last, however, their favorite banks were full to overflowing and at the danger-point.

The Titan 2004

The song soared so high that all dropped out except the tenors, who bore the melody triumphantly past the danger-point and relinquished it to the fantastic chorus.

This Side of Paradise 2003

When they straightened the child out again the button was found to have passed the danger-point and gone down.

Australia Felix 2003

It was the danger-point of their intercourse that he could not doubt the spontaneity of her liking.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987

It was the danger-point of their intercourse that he could not doubt the spontaneity of her liking.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987

It was the danger-point of their intercourse that he could not doubt the spontaneity of her liking.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987

Neutral Eire, wrote the COS, was a danger-point; the Germans might seize it as a base for an attack on the west coast of England.

Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974

There was a single danger-point in the impending negotiations.

Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Harold Howland