Incur

Examples

• Selden continued with a smile: You see no such scruples restrained me; but then I haven't as much to risk if I incur your displeasure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I will incur all the danger. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• You can incur none in pursuit of the object you have undertaken that I shall hesitate for a moment to bear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Cowley wished to educate youth and incur great expense (￡4,000), but most of the other particulars of his draught the Royal Society is now putting in practice. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Would they incur a risk in her? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I now determined upon a regular siege--to out-camp the enemy, as it were, and to incur no more losses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Claims on me are numerous, but on reconsideration, I esteem it right that I should incur a small sacrifice rather than leave you unaided. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You was a saying-- How are you to be guarded from the danger you have incurred? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The foreboders of evil exclaimed immediately that they had foreseen something of the kind; and observed it was a pity so much expense had been incurred for nothing! Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But a fresh war breaking out with the Indians, a fresh load of debt was incurred; and the taxes, of course, continued longer by a new law. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He had a thousand anecdotes about the famous battles; he knew the position of every regiment and the loss which each had incurred. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I shewed her the dangers which her children incurred during her absence; and she at length agreed not to go beyond the inclosure of the forest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He spent great sums and incurred heavy debts to provide public festivals on the most lavish scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It isn't made or trimmed, sighed Meg, faintly, for a sudden recollection of the cost still to be incurred quite overwhelmed her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Young warriors must learn, but they must not run into danger, although a certain degree of risk is worth incurring when the benefit is great. Plato. The Republic.
• If he did not come soon she thought that she would go down and even risk incurring another pang. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He saw no way of eluding Featherstone's stupid demand without incurring consequences which he liked less even than the task of fulfilling it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• There never was a man like him for laying on himself burdens greater than he can bearvoluntarily incurring needless responsibilities. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It was as brilliantly polished as the one below, but here at least she could burn a few papers with less risk of incurring her aunt's disapproval. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Besides the forfeiture of the goods, the exporter incurs the penalty of 3s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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