How to Use daredevil in a Sentence

daredevil

1 of 2 adjective
  • Watch this daredevil teacher read to her class from the sky.
    Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • Since then, Morgan has adopted more of a daredevil persona and remains one of the most popular stars in all of WWE.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Most action thrillers would save that kind of daredevil money shot for the release, praying that nobody leaked the footage and diminished the awe factor.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
  • Now, the Historic Longboard Revival Series draws those with a daredevil spirit from all around.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2020
  • No single piece of graffiti art was more important than Quiñones’ daredevil project on a New York City subway in 1976.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Priest’s brute strength and Bunny’s daredevil abilities highlighted the clash of styles and had wrestling aficionados buzzing.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 May 2023
  • The style-savvy student at Pacific Ridge School turned her love of fashion and dislike of final exams into a daredevil bet with her history teacher — and won.
    Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 July 2017
  • Form is hindmost in Lynda Benglis’s impetuous, daredevil art.
    Holland Carter, Roberta Smith and Ken Johnson, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2016
  • As guests entered the grand ballroom following a reception, a duo of aerialists performed daredevil moves on swaths of fabric suspended from the ceiling.
    Candace Jordan, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
  • America’s oldest daredevil acrobatic hand balancer’ ... [and] began his act, known as the Tower of Chairs.
    Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Levis is certainly that, his daredevil playing style and comfort operating outside of structure drawing a sharp contrast to Cousins.
    Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This historical novel tells the unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life at any cost.
    courant.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Not all of these daredevil directorial moves are eloquent, and the Ahmanson’s large proscenium stage objectifies the production in a way that distances the audience and subjects the shows to a more detached type of scrutiny.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Some daredevil travelers have taken it as a challenge to experience these skyrocketing temperatures firsthand, despite how dangerous and ill-advised that may be.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 July 2023
  • Such sad cases sometimes appear accidental and sometimes appear to involve risky daredevil behavior -- but almost always involve alcohol.
    Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Watch this daredevil teacher read to her class from the sky.
    Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • Since then, Morgan has adopted more of a daredevil persona and remains one of the most popular stars in all of WWE.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Most action thrillers would save that kind of daredevil money shot for the release, praying that nobody leaked the footage and diminished the awe factor.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
  • Now, the Historic Longboard Revival Series draws those with a daredevil spirit from all around.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2020
  • No single piece of graffiti art was more important than Quiñones’ daredevil project on a New York City subway in 1976.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Priest’s brute strength and Bunny’s daredevil abilities highlighted the clash of styles and had wrestling aficionados buzzing.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 May 2023
  • The style-savvy student at Pacific Ridge School turned her love of fashion and dislike of final exams into a daredevil bet with her history teacher — and won.
    Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 July 2017
  • Form is hindmost in Lynda Benglis’s impetuous, daredevil art.
    Holland Carter, Roberta Smith and Ken Johnson, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2016
  • As guests entered the grand ballroom following a reception, a duo of aerialists performed daredevil moves on swaths of fabric suspended from the ceiling.
    Candace Jordan, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
  • America’s oldest daredevil acrobatic hand balancer’ ... [and] began his act, known as the Tower of Chairs.
    Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Levis is certainly that, his daredevil playing style and comfort operating outside of structure drawing a sharp contrast to Cousins.
    Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This historical novel tells the unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life at any cost.
    courant.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Not all of these daredevil directorial moves are eloquent, and the Ahmanson’s large proscenium stage objectifies the production in a way that distances the audience and subjects the shows to a more detached type of scrutiny.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Some daredevil travelers have taken it as a challenge to experience these skyrocketing temperatures firsthand, despite how dangerous and ill-advised that may be.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 July 2023
  • Such sad cases sometimes appear accidental and sometimes appear to involve risky daredevil behavior -- but almost always involve alcohol.
    Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 1 Mar. 2018
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daredevil

2 of 2 noun
  • He has always been a bit of a daredevil.
  • The daredevil in you could try to come out at this time.
    Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2022
  • The first of two daredevil moguls is set for a trip to the final frontier.
    CNN, 11 July 2021
  • Coe was not the only daredevil to fall to his death in New York City.
    Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 7 July 2018
  • Now, are there any daredevils out there cool enough to try this look at home?
    Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 25 May 2019
  • The young aerial daredevil gained a bird’s-eye view on the need for safety.
    Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The film is all Liu's, her grace through daredevil stunts and the tale of a woman coming into her own is the whole point.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • And the spirit of Evel Pie is just to be always be a daredevil with your taste buds.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 31 July 2019
  • But in life, he was known by friends as a daredevil in both the education field and at home.
    Jordyn Brown, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
  • Still a daredevil at 70, Corey’s dad was body surfing when a rogue wave slammed his skull into the sand.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2022
  • To enter a fugu restaurant is cast as a daredevil feat akin to skydiving, with each bite a roll of the dice.
    New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Click through the photos above for a look at Soto and his daredevil crew's downtown shots...
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Coast down on a long narrow sled at a daredevil speed of up to 40 miles per hour all the way onto frozen Hosmer Pond.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Watch our Sportskind video above to see 10 fearless kids who put adults to shame with their daredevil stunts.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2021
  • These daredevils thrive in the world’s most isolated, inhospitable places, such as the rocky ranges of the Andes and the Himalayas.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • At one point, the cat unleashes from a box two little daredevils, Thing One and Thing Two, who ask to shake the children’s hands.
    The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The falls have always attracted daredevils hoping to add their name to the list of survivors who made it over.
    Reuters, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
  • Over the years, these scream machines have gotten taller, faster, and scarier, designed to thrill even the most extreme daredevils from around the world.
    Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2023
  • To add to the mystery, the unknown daredevil was dressed in work attire, wearing a suit and dress shoes, and can be seen in the video talking on the phone from high above the New York streets.
    Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
  • With triple the loops — a Hot Wheels first — kids can build all different kinds of stunts, from gravity drops to daredevil jumps.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022
  • That daredevil attitude applies to life—and to love, notes Page.
    Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 4 May 2023
  • Tens of thousands of years ago in prehistoric Eurasia, some daredevil made friends with a gray wolf.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023
  • While that alone is reason to be excited, two of the timepieces were gifted to the daredevil by his good friend, Paul Newman.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Chudleigh achieved this thanks to her lovely looks, enormous charm and daredevil spirit.
    Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • By and large, AI driving systems aren’t going to be programmed to do the kinds of a daredevil and road rage acts that human drivers do.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Place new houses in locations where there are clear flight lanes and open space, because the little daredevils like to dive bomb their way in and out.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Anything can happen in an event where boarders fly high and do daredevil tricks on slick ice, but Kim is a favorite.
    Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • In second place was Aaron Wheelz, the wheelchair daredevil who was born with spina bifida.
    Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Their antics were nerve-racking: there was much climbing of rocks, many daredevil jumps.
    Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Ski daredevils can try their hand at Corbet’s Couloir, a narrow, high-speed run, but not before mustering up the courage with a waffle at the top of the tram.
    Claire Stern, ELLE, 31 Mar. 2023

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