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

“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

"Once both these projects are complete, they will be bold expressions of the strength of UK-China bilateral relations," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

The Commons was packed with Cabinet ministers including - including Rachel Reeves, David Lammy and Bridget Phillipson, but not Sir Keir Starmer - as Rayner called for Labour to be "bold" in power.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

She toyed with the dial of her combination lock, twisting it this way and that, and decided to be bold again.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng