Example Sentences

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If they do order a clamp down, will the Houthis obey—or will they go with their own interests, however riskily calculated?

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2024

He expressed concern over Gutierrez’s lack of experience as a 24-year-old armorer and wrote that budget-concerned producers sometimes cut corners by riskily hiring people “who are not fully qualified for the complicated and dangerous job.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2021

Meaning those who'd never had Covid-19 could mistakenly think they had immunity, and might then act riskily because of this false sense of security.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2020

As a frame, it’s self-aware, meta and riskily so.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2017

With "Eddy's" help the boat was safely, though riskily launched, as my passenger made it very top heavy.

From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Suffling, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard)