audacious

Example Sentences

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Leyland's first try came as he scooped the ball over the line but his second came courtesy of an audacious run-in from halfway, which sent the home fans into raptures.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"I was ambitious, audacious and a little bit of naive," will.i.am said of pursuing the project.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

An overwhelming handful, this early history play retains its popularity largely through the audacious villainy of its title character, one of Shakespeare’s most flamboyant sadists.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

But no country has pushed the balloon frontier further than Ukraine, which is using them to execute audacious strikes deep inside Russia, as well as for reconnaissance and transportation, and as decoys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

So when Lawrence unveiled yet another audacious scheme in 1952—this one for a neutron-producing cyclotron code-named J-16 and bearing an astounding price tag of $30 million—-Smyth was distinctly unmoved.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik