boldness

Example Sentences

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"May you succeed in honouring the people's mandate by striking a balance between caution and boldness."

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

In seven decades of boldness and risk-taking, my mother’s single greatest regret is marching for the 1979 revolution in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

As a woman working in big-budget, mainstream film, Fennell’s boldness is mistaken for trashiness; her feminine gaze is confused with a typically masculine gratuitousness.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

They have said the move to appoint Fiddelke, a company veteran who succeeds Brian Cornell, lacked boldness.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

He was disappointed, but not inclined to believe Yossarian, for he had been given a sign, a secret, enigmatic vision that he still lacked the boldness to divulge.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller