How to Use embolden in a Sentence

embolden

verb
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  • And white agate is meant to calm and embolden you to trust.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2022
  • But what could have spelled the end of Mid East Tacos only emboldened the founders.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The dancers, emboldened by the spotlight, take turns vogueing and cat-walking down the stages.
    — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Let the universe embolden you to reach out and ask for ideas as needed.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • As the base layering piece, a thermal shirt will embolden you to brave the weather.
    — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Tim Lineberger said the news out of the Bay Area would embolden volunteers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • Arne Slot has emboldened Konate by starting in five league games.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Yet the Twitch gambling campaign could embolden a new type of activism that has struggled to get off the ground.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The Democratic base, tired of half-wins and emboldened by 2018, is coming for him.
    — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • But even that could be seen to embolden the myth that his AC Milan sides were dourly defensive.
    — Ben Carter, SI.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Katie wants to rid the house of it once and for all; Micah wants to videotape it (which only seems to embolden the angry spirit).
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Drake, one of the museum’s restoration crew, used gold acrylic paint to embolden the tire’s logo.
    — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2022
  • Today, the birds sing and sing, seemingly emboldened by the silence of the humans.
    — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
  • What emboldened you to move to London and pursue a career outside of Italy?
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 20 Oct. 2023
  • And the airstrikes will embolden the pro-Iranian blocs in parliament to push again for the expulsion of US forces from Iraq.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Most of them belonged to the state’s progressive wing, which has grown only further emboldened since the fall.
    — Ross Barkan, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In fact, the group’s radicals are likely to be emboldened.
    — Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Still, Republicans ruled the roost, and were further emboldened by the historic wave that swept through the state House and Senate in 2010.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The mayor will now be emboldened, fresh off his victory on the hemp issue.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In the wake of the strike, U.S. officials debated whether such actions would hurt or embolden al Shabab.
    — Sarah Harrison, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
  • And with the reduction in mask mandates, that may embolden more people to travel and feel free.
    — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Enough to embolden me to re-engage with people beyond my pod.
    — Sally Schwartz, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Flor’s celebration breaks open a dam of truth, emboldening her beloveds to change their lives for the better.
    — Patricia Engel, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • That step emboldened employers and led to a steep decrease in labor strikes.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Along with the drag legislation, the bills have served to embolden far-right extremists.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2023
  • There’s no doubt the pickup of Cease lengthens and emboldens the rotation.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Failing to aid Israel and Ukraine would only embolden their foes, Biden warned.
    — Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Perhaps emboldened by the rap legend’s presence on the track, Sa-Roc added her name to a lineage of famous figures.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Female characters are in control of their pleasure, emboldened to explore or let go.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • As police officers retired, the city could not afford to replace them, emboldening drug dealers and gangs.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025

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