boldness

Example Sentences

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The head of China's top economic planning body told a press conference that leaders had "the boldness and confidence to cope with various risks and market fluctuations", thanks to the scale of the Chinese economy.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 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

In a very short time, because of his skill and his boldness of body and mind, he became the first man of Vitellozzo’s troops.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli