daredevil

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of spectators gathered at the base of the 101-storey tower to watch Alex Honnold, 40, embark on his daredevil feat, which was also broadcast live on Netflix.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Not everyone goes to the theater to be wowed by verbal pyrotechnics or daredevil plot high jinks.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

And he was SantaCon’s resident daredevil, climbing the Brooklyn Bridge in 1998, only to hop back to earth and blend in anonymously with the SantaCon New York crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Unless you’re a daredevil who loves to incur risk, most of the time you should bet against beta.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

Maybe 8-year-old me was a daredevil; 12-year-old me definitely is not.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty