Examples of dicey in a Sentence
Starting a business can be quite a dicey proposition.
The weather looks a little dicey this morning. I hope it doesn't rain.
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Next week could get dicey for markets as earnings slow to a trickle and investors continue to go without government data.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2025
Some of the diciest action – and most frustrating nights – for Powell involved sprinting across wet cobblestones or through a graveyard full of smoke in the dark.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
After that, though, things get dicey.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
That’s never advisable in a winner-take-all game, and is even more dicey when factoring in the grim state of the Dodgers’ offense.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2025
Some of the diciest action – and most frustrating nights – for Powell involved sprinting across wet cobblestones or through a graveyard full of smoke in the dark.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
After that, though, things get dicey.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
That’s never advisable in a winner-take-all game, and is even more dicey when factoring in the grim state of the Dodgers’ offense.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dicey. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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