How to Use embolden in a Sentence

embolden

verb
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  • 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
  • As the base layering piece, a thermal shirt will embolden you to brave the weather.
    — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 8 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • Altman may no longer run his own company, but, for now, he is emboldened.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • There is a fear that his presence in the government will embolden Israelis to use excessive force.
    — Orly Halpern, Time, 7 Nov. 2022
  • But the settlement may embolden the FBI to continue its probe.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time James has been pursued by Trump supporters emboldened by the former president’s rhetoric.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 15 June 2023
  • Far-right groups—emboldened by Braverman—announced their own march.
    — Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
  • And the gains made by the strikes may embolden other Hollywood unions, or these same guilds in negotiations that will come up again in three years.
    — Andrew Dalton and Krysta Fauria, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In the process , the rollback has emboldened people to be more vocal in their homophobic and transphobic rhetoric.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Defaulting on the debt will only reinforce that thought and embolden China and increase risk to the United States.
    — ABC News, 14 May 2023
  • Cleaver was no doubt emboldened by this flattery when Huey invited him to call into the television show that morning in March 1971.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Putin also felt emboldened enough to invade Poland’s airspace during the missile attack.
    — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The scamper seemed to embolden Mahomes against the Eagles’ stout defense before Pacheco ran in a 1-yard score to narrow Philadelphia’s lead to 3 points.
    — Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But conceding his other conquests in this third act, would embolden him.
    — Josef Joffe, Time, 1 Dec. 2022

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