ballsy

Example Sentences

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“They’re pretty ballsy, but they know what they’re doing.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

“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

"I walked by it, and I thought that going for it was going to be ballsy, but the fact that he pulled it off and even had a birdie look was just incredible."

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2022

And that is ballsy for somebody to say that.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

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

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith