as in adventurous
inclined or willing to take risks
not inclined to be adventuresome when it comes to foreign travel, preferring guided bus tours that stick to the beaten path
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Recent Examples of adventuresome
Those were adventuresome yet safe days in postwar Los Angeles.
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Darrell Kunitomi, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Travel After a long career with the FBI, Mary Beth Kepner was looking forward to an adventuresome retirement with her husband, Floyd Spinner.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2023
Future menu rotations could be even more adventuresome.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2021
Sixty-something art historian and grandmother Lorna Mott Dumas is the novel’s adventuresome test case.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 25 June 2021
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Darrell Kunitomi, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Travel After a long career with the FBI, Mary Beth Kepner was looking forward to an adventuresome retirement with her husband, Floyd Spinner.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2023
Future menu rotations could be even more adventuresome.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2021
Sixty-something art historian and grandmother Lorna Mott Dumas is the novel’s adventuresome test case.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 25 June 2021
See All Example Sentences for adventuresome
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adventuresome
adventurous
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The park is now a stop for the more adventurous sightseers, or researchers cataloging the species that call the island home.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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Sometimes gratitude came easily, such as when Deb helped their kids, who were picky eaters, become more adventurous.—
Rhaina Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2025
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“Adventuresome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adventuresome. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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