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 Sentences of bold
Definition:
a. brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
Example:
The release of the bold young newspaper editor-in-chief after five months detention without trial marks a significant victory for those who mounted a vigorous campaign against the injustice he faced.
Sentence in Classic:
He found trivial all that was meant to charm him and did not answer the glances which invited him to be bold.
Dubliners By James Joyce Context
Gregson and Lestrade exchanged glances as if they thought this proposition rather a bold one; but Holmes at once took the prisoner at his word, and loosened the towel which we had bound round his ancles.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle Context
On the whole, it was most probable that the silent Englishman, being less bold or less murderous than his companion, had assisted the woman to bear the unconscious man out of the way of danger.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle Context
I kept a bold face before Lestrade, but, upon my soul, I believe that for once the fellow is on the right track and we are on the wrong.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle Context
Anxious to show his independence and to advance, he had refused a post that had been offered him, hoping that this refusal would heighten his value; but it turned out that he had been too bold, and he was passed over.
Anna Karenina(V1) By Leo Tolstoy Context
The author of the article was a young man, an invalid, very bold as a writer, but extremely deficient in breeding and shy in personal relations.
Anna Karenina(V3) By Leo Tolstoy Context
He led him to the desk, raised the lid, drew out a drawer, and took out an exercise book filled with his bold, tall, close handwriting.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo Tolstoy Context
She blushed for him, grew still angrier at having blushed, and looked at the princess with a bold and defiant expression which said that she was not afraid of anybody.
War and Peace(V3) By Leo Tolstoy Context
She ran after painters and novelists; but she did not charm them; and her bold attempts to pick up and practise artistic and literary talk irritated them.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw Context
He was a very handsome young man, with a full face, white skin but high in colour; he had an arched eyebrow, a lively eye, red ears, vermilion lips, a bold air, but such a boldness as neither belonged to a Spaniard nor a Jesuit.
Candide By Voltaire Context
The light, bold, fluttering little figure turned and came back safe to me, and I soon laughed at my fears, and at the cry I had uttered; fruitlessly in any case, for there was no one near.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens Context