be bold

Example Sentences

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It’s a choice we make: to be bold and connect with someone or to hold back and avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Admission is free, no reservations necessary, so be bold in your choices.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The charity wants Welsh local authorities "to be bold and ambitious when it comes to planning and decision-making around urban trees".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

We can be bold in a time when people are telling us to make do with less because Georgia ultimately has the resources, and we have the talent.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Are the extinguished candles a symbol of death, or of Pa’s inability to be bold in life?

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman