How to Use risky in a Sentence

risky

adjective

• Her plan is too risky.
• But landing on the moon is risky — and many have tried and failed in the past.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
• The new treatments are risky enough that most are done in the hospital.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• That was risky, because lenders could call those loans in at any time.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• But either move — buy big now or wait and try to ride things out — is a risky one.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• Voicing your opinion may feel risky as the moon and North Node align.
  — USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
• There are some ways to reduce your risk, but that doesn’t change the fact that writing checks is a risky habit.
  — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Doing so, and going toe-to-toe with the status quo, is risky.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
• And risky coastal conditions may keep people away from the ocean.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Tom Cruise likes to do all kinds of risky action scenes, but there are not many people like him.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 July 2023
• Swimmers should keep an eye out for risky currents and high waves.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2024
• Taking a running back in the first round can be risky, but is Robinson too good to pass up?
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
• But relying solely on using a lighter to start a fire while in the wild is risky.
  — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• Now with the pandemic, the move was looking riskier and risker.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
• Lisa Nguyen’s pop-up doughnut shop, HeyDay, was a risky venture to embark on in the spring of 2020.
  — oregonlive, 29 June 2023
• This is her land, but planting anything here would be risky.
  — Eyder Peralta, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
• With cold weather and snow around the corner, roads will be risky and in need of plowing, so how does Louisville take care of them?
  — The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
• But mortgaging the future to acquire a starter can be risky.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 22 July 2023
• Such heavy reliance on a single type of math problem is risky.
  — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
• To solve the team’s water shortage, Kelce proposes the risky idea of digging a well.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
• The Elam Ending caps the potential scoring in the fourth quarter, so betting on the over is risky.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
• San Francisco topped the list, with the riskiest loan rating.
  — Heidi Groover, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2023
• As the shot clock wound down, the Dawgs were forced to make risky passes, leading to several ball sailing out of bounds.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2023
• The riskiest hour of the entire study period was between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on the evening of the eclipse, reports the National Post’s Sharon Kirkey.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
• This plan, however, was judged too risky and abandoned.
  — Elsa Devienne / Made By History, TIME, 31 July 2024
• But, there are some seeds, pits, and raw foods that are surprisingly risky to consume.
  — Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 11 Aug. 2023
• The railroads say there isn’t any data to show one-person crews are riskier than two-person crews.
  — Stephen Groves and Josh Funk, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• The reign of the octogenarians is a risky bet for a democracy.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
• While the film does have many of the Hallmark troupes, this movie also includes a couple who are face some serious some roadblocks, ones that Sweeney describes as a bit ‘risky’ for the brand.
  — Anne Easton, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
• Not least: Central banks around the world are cutting interest rates, making risky assets like crypto more palatable.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024