How to Use emboldened in a Sentence

emboldened

adjective
  • Could that hurt your business if people feel emboldened to cheat?
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • There are plenty of places in the world where autocrats feel emboldened.
    — John Avlon, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022
  • As far as Erivo is concerned, fans have every right to feel emboldened to sing along.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024
  • So Israel just felt emboldened to build more settlements, to grab more land.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • And the shakier our belief in the system, the more emboldened people feel to topple it.
    — Evan Thies, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Advocates for nuclear weapons could feel emboldened to push their case.
    — Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2024
  • And so, as that phone recording ricocheted among staff and alumni, many have become more emboldened to speak out.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • An emboldened Trump is leaning into his instincts on every front.
    — Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
  • That promise could well be an empty one; Xi may not be willing or even able to restrain an emboldened Putin.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • But Iran is unquestionably stronger and more emboldened.
    — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • Bankers and lawyers told the media outlet that companies feel more emboldened to take a shot at deals that merge direct competitors.
    — Zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
  • As the far right gets more and more emboldened, these things are going to become more and more common, people are going to be more and more frightened.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Bosses also feel emboldened to step up demands as signs emerge that the economy is weakening.
    — Chip Cutter and Katherine Bindley, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Israel is more emboldened than it's ever been, even during eras when the neocons were actually in charge!
    — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
  • The Record continued its work as usual - or perhaps a little emboldened.
    — Jonathan O'Connell, Paul Farhi and Sofia Andrade, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • An emboldened Rouhani is back in the spotlight, giving speeches and defending his time in office.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • With public support for Ukraine high in their own countries, western leaders feel emboldened to hand over money and weapons.
    — WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • Many workers have emerged with newfound leverage and become emboldened to seek more from their companies during a trying time.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The Trench Coat A pop of red has been one of our favorite styling tricks—why not try it on for size as emboldened outerwear?
    — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The rehearsals and workshops that took place before any shooting was done allowed for each actor to feel emboldened to voice concerns or suggestions.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • If swift action does not take place, the bully may become more emboldened and intensify their mistreatment of you, making your life even worse.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • This political backing fosters a climate in which settlers feel emboldened to act with impunity.
    — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
  • What is clear is that Cepeda will lead the emboldened Historic Pact in its bid to return to the country’s highest office.
    — Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • When gun owners feel emboldened to shoot Gun violence experts and advocates say a number of factors are at play behind the shootings.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, for example, may then feel emboldened to take more risks in Ukraine.
    — Joshua Byun, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2024
  • California still isn’t a fan, and an emboldened Trump doesn’t give California a cent of federal aid.
    — Dr. Alex Gold, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • And so when a country is able to get away with so much, Israel has become emboldened to break more legal and moral boundaries, and impunity never corrects itself.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But social media has only emboldened fans, many of whom feel entitled to get selfies even when stars are off the clock, or to dissect a celebrity's appearance in the comments of a post.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Any interest group raises money more easily when there’s a looming threat, and Sears found a perfect villain in the emboldened gay-rights movement.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • And, not surprisingly, within hours of Musk sealing his ownership last week, a flood of racist tweets emerged from users who now feel emboldened to spew hate speech with impunity.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022

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