How to Use bold in a Sentence

bold

1 of 2 adjective

• It's a bold plan that might fail.
• She wore a dress with bold stripes.
• Hiring a novice was a bold move.
• The painting is done in bold colors.
• He punished the bold child for talking back.
• Few politicians have been bold enough to oppose the plan to cut taxes.
• I'd like to offer a few criticisms, if I may be so bold.
• What a bold and wild next step.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 June 2026
• And don’t be afraid to go bold.
  — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 17 June 2026
• Then there’s the bold stripes of bleach.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
• Brown topped off her look with bold red lip.
  — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
• While the dress is a bold choice for the star, her glam isn’t.
  — Glamour, 26 Sep. 2025
• Their third wish was the boldest move of all.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
• Scroll down to see the best and boldest looks.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
• But that was the whole point of the bold design.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 June 2026
• Chet’s has a menu full of bold flavors.
  — Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• How bold must a team be in pursuit of goals?
  — Art De Roché, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• Go bold with a matching satin top and gold hoops.
  — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
• Instead, try to be bold, be brave, and be loud.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
• The flavors were also bold across the board.
  — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
• Fonda paired her curls with bold lashes and a bright pink lip.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 Sep. 2023
• Avoid white and black sofas and trendy or bold colors.
  — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
• Here, the yellow was pretty bold, even for me.
  — Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
• Chloé went with bold shoulder pads and beachy pastels.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2026
• Grab a protein, grab a bold condiment and build from there.
  — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
• Her footwear of choice was even bolder and eye-catching.
  — Eva Thomas, InStyle, 17 June 2026
• That’d be bold enough to get our attention.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
• Big, bold patterns can liven up the space if done the right way.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
• At first, the work’s meaning felt bold yet untold.
  — Laura Brown, Artforum, 25 Mar. 2026
• Could that include a bold move up the board for the top running back?
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026

bold

2 of 2 noun

• The bold often find their way to new rooms.
  — Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• But bold doesn’t mean reckless.
  — Jim Heininger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• Start building the courage to strip away the old to make way for the bold.
  — Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Fortune, of course, does favor the bold.
  — Jill Newman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
• The names in bold are parents who were listed as defendants in the case.
  — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2019
• Bold, modern takes on Shakespeare often shift the era and style of a play.
  — Misha Berson, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
• Texas currently holds the world record for the longest bold of lightning.
  — Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
• Bright blue cushions with sunny yellow pillows bring in the bold.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
• The email notice puts the last sentence in bold for emphasis.
  — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• It isn't reserved for the bold or the aggressive or the ones who were born knowing how to ask.
  — Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• But Fomin is betting fortune favors the bold.
  — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
• And, as the saying goes, fortune favors the bold—and those who’ve rented a car with four-wheel drive.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 11 July 2022
• Step aside, shrinking violet, this is a season of the bold and the brilliant.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2022
• Any room that has a lot of light is a great opportunity to use a bold or darker color.
  — Washington Post, Star Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021
• Striking a balance between bold and bananas isn't always easy.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2020
• If fortune favors the bold, let the words of Rashee Rice serve as an example.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 25 Sep. 2021
• Yet all four artists share a taste for hot oranges and pinks that make their visual chatter bold and scintillating.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
• These bold takes on classic macaroni are perfect for cozy meals and tailgate season.
  — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
• Bonding with bold and self-assured teen Billie won't be easy for Justin, who is a bit of a hot mess.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 16 June 2022
• Danne recounted his strategy, which, to a room of designers, felt test-pilot bold.
  — Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
• From pale, delicate pastels to cheery bolds and neons, pink flowers come from every end of the spectrum and go with almost any color palette.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
• Instead, Kenin played bold yet controlled, hitting five consecutive winners to turn things around.
  — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2020
• If nothing else, coaches are coaching more aggressively against the Chiefs to try to keep up and fortune favors the bold.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021
• In the wake of Soviet collapse, opportunities were abundant for the bold and the well funded.
  — Chris Pomorski, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2022
• Honestly, if people still made AIM away messages, this would be mine (written in impact bold, of course).
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 14 June 2021
• Fortune — or at least a literary culture attuned to grand ambitions and turned on by gestures of transgression — favors the bold.
  — New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• Without connecting to meaning and purpose, a journey this bold is difficult to start and all but impossible to sustain.
  — Shubham Singhal, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
• These presents have ranged from the bold (a save-the-date for their future wedding) to the heartfelt (a bracelet for the Bachelor’s daughter) to the bizarre (a handful of dirt).
  — Sadie Gennis, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2021
• Many responses to Rosner’s tweet suggested that simply putting a single word in bold would help a diner know how to identify a bottle.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• There were bold, embellished gowns (Lili Reinhart, in Monique Lhuillier)!
  — Glamour.com, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2018