ballsy

Example Sentences

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“They’re pretty ballsy, but they know what they’re doing.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

Their songs were ballsy, anarchic and defiantly anti-boredom - from the two-finger salute of No Good Advice to the melancholy beauty of Call The Shots.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

“She was really ballsy about wanting to invite those readings into the movie,” he says, “the incredible sense of disquiet that the script presented to her as a reader.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

That title is a ballsy rejoinder if you think about it.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2022

Cicero’s defense was ballsy to the point of recklessness.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith