How to Use emboldened in a Sentence

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• And – and to the point that Jonathan's making, the Trump campaign does feel emboldened right now.
  — NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
• Supporters have felt more emboldened in the last few years.
  — Dave Skretta, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
• There are plenty of places in the world where autocrats feel emboldened.
  — John Avlon, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022
• Look for an emboldened council to wage more battles in 2025.
  — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
• As far as Erivo is concerned, fans have every right to feel emboldened to sing along.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024
• Could that hurt your business if people feel emboldened to cheat?
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023
• So Israel just felt emboldened to build more settlements, to grab more land.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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 Rouhani is back in the spotlight, giving speeches and defending his time in office.
  — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
• The emboldened vision of TWC, the tireless drive of its team, and the undeterred loyalty of its patients paint a hopeful picture of the future of healthcare.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
• With public support for Ukraine high in their own countries, western leaders feel emboldened to hand over money and weapons.
  — WIRED, 6 July 2023
• Russian President Vladimir Putin, for example, may then feel emboldened to take more risks in Ukraine.
  — Joshua Byun, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2024
• If the court dismisses the DOJ’s claims, however, Google leaders could feel emboldened to reaffirm their place atop the industry.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
• 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
• The rest of the world is watching closely, and if Washington goes soft, the argument runs, adversaries will feel emboldened and allies abandoned.
  — Keren Yarhi-Milo, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• Tensions are high in Afghanistan as the Taliban, after negotiating with the U.S., feel more emboldened.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
• But its leaders could really be backed into a corner by an emboldened Trump.
  — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024
• Advocates for nuclear weapons could feel emboldened to push their case.
  — Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2024
• 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
• To have a shooting like this in the subway system is extremely rare and unacceptable… The bigger question is why do people feel emboldened to pull guns out and shoot?
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• But a turning point for the increasingly confident and emboldened protesters came with the death of Nizar Banat.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• An emboldened Machado and González have also come out of hiding, after officials called for their arrest, to hold a massive protest in Caracas.
  — Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 6 Aug. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ross spoke with The Hill about Trump’s economic team for his second administration, his outlook on tax legislation and why Trump is more emboldened to use tariffs against allies and adversaries alike.
  — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025