How to Use embolden in a Sentence

embolden

verb

• 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
• 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
• 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
• What emboldened you to move to London and pursue a career outside of Italy?
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 20 Oct. 2023
• 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 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
• 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
• Not taking action at this time will only embolden the crowd for the next meeting.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 29 June 2023
• The two books won a number of prizes, and early success seemingly emboldened Sarr to take a major risk.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• And that might kind of help embolden politicians to go for something more aggressive.
  — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022
• Altman may no longer run his own company, but, for now, he is emboldened.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2023
• Some, emboldened by the anonymity, use filters to avoid seeing anyone of, say, a certain race.
  — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
• That should embolden Roman to lean more on inside runs this season.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 6 Sep. 2021
• Zaidi had odd jobs that emboldened him with a sense of hard work and the entrepreneurial skills essential for the long run.
  — Jacqueline Schneider, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• The writers are more unified than ever, and they’re emboldened by their successful 2020 standoff with the talent agencies to go the mat with so much on the line.
  — Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
• Rune, emboldened by the appointment of Djokovic’s old coach Boris Becker, has pushed the irresistible force as much as anyone in the last fortnight.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• His steely 1-under 71 during the first round Thursday only seemed to embolden him.
  — Will Graves, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2022
• This has drawn accusations of hypocrisy and emboldens countries the U.S. is at odds with, such as Russia and China.
  — Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 21 Sep. 2024
• In the doc, a number of his victims say that they were emboldened to speak out after watching The Crown and growing angry at how Al Fayed was portrayed.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024