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

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

At the same time, they added, the blueprint lacked some of the boldness officials promised, such as corporate tax-rate reductions and aggressive write-offs on productivity-enhancing equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Her face, as young and brown and pretty as any Mack had ever seen, that face looking into his touched him again with its soft boldness and the eyes that searched his so intently.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers