How to Use risky in a Sentence

risky

adjective

• Her plan is too risky.
• But landing on the moon is risky — and many have tried and failed in the past.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
• The next try was less risky on fourth-and-2 from the Chiefs 8 and the Eagles got the Chiefs to jump offside.
  — Josh Dubow, ajc, 13 Feb. 2023
• But travel can be risky when the ice starts to form or melt.
  — Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
• Taking a new job can be risky in the event of a downturn.
  — Callum Borchers, WSJ, 16 June 2022
• The new treatments are risky enough that most are done in the hospital.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• Swimming in the ocean is far less risky than riding in a car.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022
• At first, the idea of gifting someone a scent may seem risky.
  — Lauren Dana, SELF, 25 Mar. 2022
• That was risky, because lenders could call those loans in at any time.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• But either move — buy big now or wait and try to ride things out — is a risky one.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• In a way, staying close to the game is the safest route, even if the story itself is more risky.
  — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
• And the more similar the new strain is to the last version the person fought off, the less risky that strain will be to the host.
  — Vivek Ramaswamy, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022
• And have no fear, Alexa’s cat Chowder gets caught up in a risky cat-and-mouse chase of its own.
  — Gabriela Silva, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
• The plan to go from awful to great is risky, too, even when the quarterback hits.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2022
• Voicing your opinion may feel risky as the moon and North Node align.
  — USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
• The walk from the embassy to the train station was risky, as armed fighters roamed the streets and an air raid siren went off.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
• There are some ways to reduce your risk, but that doesn’t change the fact that writing checks is a risky habit.
  — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Most of these simple growth strategies proved to be very risky.
  — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• Doing so, and going toe-to-toe with the status quo, is risky.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
• And risky coastal conditions may keep people away from the ocean.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• The first step is honestly just caring enough to try, and to try some things that might be risky.
  — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023
• Tom Cruise likes to do all kinds of risky action scenes, but there are not many people like him.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 July 2023
• The volatile and often harsh Chicago climate is more risky for them.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2022
• Swimmers should keep an eye out for risky currents and high waves.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2024
• Taking a running back in the first round can be risky, but is Robinson too good to pass up?
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
• These are crucial facts revealing that the Cavs don’t have to make a risky deal to win big right now.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
• But, the high state that the products cause can lead to risky situations.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
• But relying solely on using a lighter to start a fire while in the wild is risky.
  — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• Choose the concepts that challenge your thinking or open entirely new avenues — the ones that feel risky in an interesting way.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• But the crypto industry is made up largely of riskier products than stablecoins — and firms fear a future president could unravel much of what Trump has done to boost them.
  — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2025