How to Use take a risk in a Sentence

take a risk

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  • And don’t be afraid to take a risk.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Beauty requires you to take a risk.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But one baseball write believes now is the time to take a risk.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Now is the time to take a risk and start putting yourself (and your ideas) out there.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The homes that inspire me most are the ones where somebody took a risk.
    — Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The project offered a rare opening for the actor to take a risk.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
  • West Ham were the only top-flight club willing to take a risk on him.
    — Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Getting out there and taking a risk—now that’s what life is supposed to be about.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • So the Panthers would be taking a risk by exposing him to waivers.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Don’t take a risk, let someone lead you astray or allow others to take advantage of you.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The Gemini moon encourages you to take a risk and pitch what’s on your mind.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The cosmos is gently nudging you toward your next big milestone, so don’t be afraid to take a risk.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
  • She was drawn to the 1980s feel of it and decided to take a risk with the bold color.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
  • One way to gauge your risk tolerance is to take a risk tolerance questionnaire.
    — Kevin L. Matthews Ii, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
  • This is an actor who is willing to take a risk, play against type, and elevate the profound and the ridiculous.
    — Rachel Martin, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
  • To take a risk like that had always felt indulgent and impossible.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Many new customers will back the Eagles tonight, though a few may take a risk with Washington.
    — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Sometimes in big matches, being afraid of taking a risk is the riskiest strategy of all.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Health is a concern, but the Cardinals could afford to take a risk this deep into the second round.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • And with career pivots come some moments of anxiety, fear and a necessity to take a risk.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • But the Nationals could take a risk on Ozuna this offseason.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Chewy isn’t motivated enough to take a risk as big as an acquisition of Petco.
    — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • That Pugh would take a risk and rock his exaggerated shoulder straps on Oscars night was a fun and quirky choice.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Hawaiian shirts offer an opportunity to really take a risk and show some color.
    — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • It has been reported that Butler has no desire to go to Memphis so the Grizzlies would take a risk here.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Trump may be taking a risk by leaning into this more, though, because Democrats may be dissuaded by his close involvement in the bill.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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