be bold

Example Sentences

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We can’t expect to remain free without being virtuous, we can’t be bold without being rooted, we can’t be great without aiming first to be good.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“Be brave, be bold, be heroic and take back your country,” he said in a video message on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

The Commons was packed with Cabinet ministers including - including Rachel Reeves, David Lammy and Bridget Phillipson, but not Sir Keir Starmer - as Rayner called for Labour to be "bold" in power.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Elsbeth creator Jonathan Tolins says the script was always planned to be bold, and though real life intersected in uncanny ways, the episode wasn’t rewritten to reflect it.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

Moss knew it was time for him to be bold.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro