How to Use take a risk in a Sentence

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  • Now is the time to take a risk and start putting yourself (and your ideas) out there.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Streamers will still take a risk on a mid-range budget.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • To tell a story about suicide is to take a risk—not with your own life but with the lives of others.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 16 May 2022
  • Many new customers will back the Eagles tonight, though a few may take a risk with Washington.
    — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022
  • People just have to take a risk and give us the opportunity.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2022
  • In brief, Mansfield’s view of manliness is this: A manly man is willing to take a risk.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Oct. 2022
  • For those unprepared to take a risk on a windy day, Quant made trousers — which had eluded mainstream chic until that decade.
    — Holly Thomas, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Cisneros, no longer paying $100 each night for a hotel room, decided to take a risk and follow his dream.
    — Angelina Hicks, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2022
  • For other artists, the songs on La Brega: El Álbum were an opportunity to take a risk.
    — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
  • One way to gauge your risk tolerance is to take a risk tolerance questionnaire.
    — Kevin L. Matthews Ii, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
  • And with career pivots come some moments of anxiety, fear and a necessity to take a risk.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Subscribers often buy tickets out of civic duty or take a risk, then leave when their expectations aren’t met.
    — Dallas News, 16 June 2022
  • In short, Infiniti must compete with BMW yet remain notably more affordable to encourage the buyer to take a risk on the brand.
    — Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Typically, clients willing to take a risk on a startup agency will sign on for a 90-day campaign or a limited-term project.
    — Christopher Tompkins, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • Brokers and property owners also have to be willing to take a risk — perhaps more so than in Chon’s case, which relied on unique circumstances.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Weak Canadian climate policies meant they were not obligated to take a risk on the cleaner approach.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Sep. 2015
  • Advertisement Jay: Finding someone who’s willing to take a risk on new talent.
    — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • Don’t take a risk that can result in physical limitations.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Instead of sticking with another comedy, Wilde decided to take a risk with a thriller set in a utopian 1950s town called Victory.
    — Karli Bendlin, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • An escape plan saves lives, including firefighters who might take a risk to rescue someone inside who is already safe outside.
    — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Hawaiian shirts offer an opportunity to really take a risk and show some color.
    — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • Either entrepreneurs are too pessimistic about the future to take a risk, or entrenched businesses are able to use government regulation to keep competitors on the sideline.
    — Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Mistakes should be embraced, and a modern leader who is empowered to make a decision, take a risk and succeed — or fail — at this risk, will ultimately learn and grow immensely, inspiring others to do the same.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2022
  • But after discussing the deal — which would entail losing ownership over intellectual property — with Jessica, Gee said the two decided to take a risk and walk away from the offer.
    — J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2022
  • And Professor Czech's research focuses on how the same message to take a risk to follow your passion, to follow your heart, lands very differently depending on the opportunities people have available to them.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
  • And Professor Czech's research focuses on how the same message to take a risk to follow your passion, to follow your heart, lands very differently depending on the opportunities people have available to them.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023

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