daredevilry

Example Sentences

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Now she’s reaching inward to rescue herself from emotional disaster — a point Michele makes with typical vocal daredevilry in the song’s final heart-stopping phrase.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

As symbols go, Niagara Falls offers plenty: a source of power, daredevilry, a bucolic vacation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2018

Copperfield, who began performing professionally at age 12 as “Davino the Boy Magician”, was inspired by Houdini’s daredevilry, which had an emotional component that transcended mere showmanship.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2018

If the city has traditionally been knocked for anything, it’s that very safeness; a detour here ranks as low on the daredevilry scale as those T-bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2016

It might be said that they are the subjects of a sub-acute, persistent form of the daredevilry which uprose in me unexpectedly and acutely.

From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney