be bold

Example Sentences

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The charity wants Welsh local authorities "to be bold and ambitious when it comes to planning and decision-making around urban trees".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

We can’t expect to remain free without being virtuous, we can’t be bold without being rooted, we can’t be great without aiming first to be good.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

We can be bold in a time when people are telling us to make do with less because Georgia ultimately has the resources, and we have the talent.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

“Be brave, be bold, be heroic and take back your country,” he said in a video message on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Not a man of them, sir, would be bold enough to try it on, for love or money.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens