ballsy

Example Sentences

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"I think he had his dad to help him with the letter but it was quite ballsy, you know: 'Brian Epstein’s got The Beatles; you need us', or something like that," says Underwood.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

“One intensely sad and angry and insecure, the other a ballsy bravado performance for public consumption.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

That title is a ballsy rejoinder if you think about it.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2022

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

Cicero’s defense was ballsy to the point of recklessness.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith