Examples of dicey in a Sentence
Starting a business can be quite a dicey proposition.
The weather looks a little dicey this morning. I hope it doesn't rain.
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Direct historical comparisons are dicey, and violence is never the exclusive province of one political movement (think of John Brown).
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Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Some particularly outrageous one-liners about race snuck into the film’s final cut, although much of its dicier material comes off as weirdly effortful instead of provocative or reckless.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
But Dart, who has found a way in front of plenty of cameras this offseason, has thrust his locker room into a dicey place with Friday’s appearance, potentially splitting it along political lines.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
But the Avalanche have worked their way back from a similarly dicey situation before in a playoff series.
—ABC News, 23 May 2026
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Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Some particularly outrageous one-liners about race snuck into the film’s final cut, although much of its dicier material comes off as weirdly effortful instead of provocative or reckless.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
But Dart, who has found a way in front of plenty of cameras this offseason, has thrust his locker room into a dicey place with Friday’s appearance, potentially splitting it along political lines.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
But the Avalanche have worked their way back from a similarly dicey situation before in a playoff series.
—ABC News, 23 May 2026
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dicey. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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