be bold
Example Sentences
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We can’t expect to remain free without being virtuous, we can’t be bold without being rooted, we can’t be great without aiming first to be good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
"You really have to be bold as a woman working in construction," she says.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
“Be brave, be bold, be heroic and take back your country,” he said in a video message on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Elsbeth creator Jonathan Tolins says the script was always planned to be bold, and though real life intersected in uncanny ways, the episode wasn’t rewritten to reflect it.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
My instinct was to be bold and uncatchable, but I enjoyed being sneaky too.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
