risky

Example Sentences

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Fashioning your lead actor as a totem to project your thoughts about apathy and loneliness would be a risky move for anyone other than writer-director Amanda Kramer, who’s made a career out of brazen chicness.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

A Collins-aligned group is launching ads featuring Maine voters reading Platner's old online posts and calling him "too risky."

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

As risky as that approach may be, it would represent a significant shift in how the Islamic Republic sees both its security and its place in the Middle East.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Investors often make the mistake of assuming that they should “buy low and sell high,” but that can be too risky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

That would be the quickest way to move through town, but it's risky because I have to find a subway station, and I don't know where the nearest one is.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi