They did so at the risk of their own lives.
You were at little risk of your life in that place, so far as I can tell.
Whatever he had to tell was worth the risk of his life.
And it was worth the risk of their professional lives.
At the risk of her life she had stayed with him.
I expect I'm taking the biggest risk of my life.
"Why have you come here at the risk of your life, Doctor?"
"We tried to push them away at the risk of our lives."
People who produce information and create opinion often do so at risk of their lives.
I'm not going to protect a secret at the risk of a woman's life.