ballsy

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 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 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

“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

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

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

But I’m also richer, more powerful and ballsier than everyone else.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2016

You might expect J. Edgar to trump The Private Files with even ballsier revelations or, taking the high road, more elevated insights.

From Time ● Nov. 8, 2011

It’s something Jensen calls “the ballsiest thing I’ve ever seen a person do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025

You said earlier to me that people say you're ballsy because you met with El Chapo, but this is the ballsiest thing you've ever done.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2019

Yet there Ibaka was, suited up and ready to play Game 3, one of the quickest recoveries, worst misdiagnoses or ballsiest team fabrications in NBA playoff history.

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2014

“I think it's probably one of the ballsiest moves that has ever been made in the history of the hip-hop business,” says hip-hop historian Jeff Chang, author of the book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2014

The result is the blackest, ballsiest political comedy since Dr. Strangelove.

From Time ● Nov. 19, 2010