How to Use risk-taker in a Sentence

risk-taker

noun
  • The vintage style of bangs are made for a stylish risk-taker.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
  • As the two begin their climb, Nate’s status as the risk-taker crumbles.
    Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Florence Pugh is a risk-taker, both in her choice of roles and her beauty routine.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 July 2023
  • In recent years, Dunn came to be known as a controversial risk-taker.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Travis Kelce Travis Kelce is a fashion risk-taker who sports bold ensembles and ever-changing hairstyles (and facial hair!).
    Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
  • This little risk-taker is not afraid to experiment with his look, sporting everything from an edgy buzz cut and a spiky mohawk to longer hair and his recent bleach blond do.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • Being the planet of enlightenment, novelty, and progress, Uranus represents your ability to be a risk-taker, capable of making big life changes when the times call for it.
    Narayana Montúfar, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Having a mission seemed to benefit the risk-taker, increasing the probability of success.
    Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Brad, an ambitious and creative risk-taker, is constantly reinventing the company by discovering and inventing new products to adapt to an ever-evolving market.
    Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Karnad, a prominent Indian conservative strategist, deflates Narendra Modi’s image as a nationalist strongman and risk-taker, at least as far as foreign policy is concerned.
    Bharat Karnad, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019

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