bold - use in sentences

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: Just make the boolean member bold of the record true.

Infinitive complement

  • suggest: Let me be so bold to suggest that these topics would be good to follow up at the meeting.
  • say: I will be so bold as to say it has set them back by several decades.
  • ask: If we meet I may be so bold as to ask for advice in person if all is not going well.
  • tell: Who will be bold enough to tell the whole truth?

Modifies a noun

  • italic: Is the text consistent in its use of bold, italics, font face, font size, etc.
  • lettering: The fear is of course, that the bold lettering could be the only text read by the buyer applicator or specifier.
  • assertion: Yet that has not stopped some archeologists from making bold assertions.
  • font: The book is set in a bold font for ease of reading.
  • typeface: Preferred terms can be distingushed by being printed in a bolder typeface ( see [ Figure 1 ] ).
  • numeral: It is a large watch with large and bold numerals and highly legible dial.

Modifying Another Word

  • in: Answer The replies to your answers are in bold below: To do the 305 paper, do I need to have passed 301?
  • so: If we meet I may be so bold as to ask for advice in person if all is not going well.
  • pretty: You'd have to be a pretty bold person to wear some of the creations.
  • rather: He used to cross quickly through the garden when Sylvester was still with me, but lately he's becoming rather bold.
  • very: The climb was originally very bold with the main protection being two pegs.
  • quite: In damp conditions however the finishes, on the level, turf top can be quite bold.

Used with adjective complement

  • grow: As the Fed lowers uncertainty about the near term, investors grow bolder.
  • become: The same lines across different versions become bold upon clicking.
  • feel: I felt bold enough to try it solo in the open boat, thinking I would have Lesley for company.

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