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

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

"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

An expert must be bold if he hopes to alchemize his homespun theory into conventional wisdom.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt