ballsy

Example Sentences

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“She was really ballsy about wanting to invite those readings into the movie,” he says, “the incredible sense of disquiet that the script presented to her as a reader.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

All castanets and flamenco skirts, this is a big, ballsy cabaret number about love driving you crazy.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023

I never questioned that we should be those things when I grew up, because women were very rock ’n’ roll where I came from, very forthright and very funny and ballsy and tough.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

“I think it speaks volumes. One, it’s a little ballsy by a rookie to do it, but I think it speaks volumes about Tom Brady and his character.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

“I can’t believe Zac trashed Marcus’s car. Pretty ballsy move.”

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson