How to Use high-risk in a Sentence

high-risk

adjective

• At the same time, a high-risk bet on a first-timer can turn into an enormous return.
  — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
• While popping your pimples is not advised, there are a few ways to make the process less high-risk.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 27 May 2023
• But without a track record, there is also a high-risk for failure with these funds.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024
• But an economic lifeline has emerged from what was long viewed as a high-risk trade route: the Black Sea.
  — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• However, keep in mind that these are high-risk, high-reward types of games.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• Everything about her says she was made for this wild, breathless — and, yes, high-risk — life of an artist.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
• But high-risk infants aren’t the only ones who end up in hospital with RSV.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 24 May 2023
• High mileage:Cars with high mileage are more high-risk for lenders and can be difficult to refinance.
  — Ashley Donohoe, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2023
• Perhaps, there’s a better way to cope with a high-risk pregnancy than the five months of bed rest Cindy waited through.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
• In sharing the footage, the NWS also warned those with high-risk health issues to be aware of the worsening conditions.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
• Their most profitable business had been helping package opaque pools of high-risk debt.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• The city was in the process Friday of opening four shelters in high-risk zones and was prepared to increase that if needed, once the storm hits, Caballero Ramirez said.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• That’s because if the US does default, high-risk debt instruments will come under the most pressure.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 27 May 2023
• The city was setting up four shelters in high-risk zones and warning residents in risky zones, Caballero Ramirez said.
  — Mark Stevenson and Julie Watson, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
• Waiting until the last minute is a high-risk, high-reward strategy.
  — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• Also, Maribeth and Grace told Dateline that Theresa did not live a high-risk lifestyle.
  — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 6 May 2023
• Now 25, the granddaughter was in a hospital with a high-risk pregnancy.
  — Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• For those in certain high-risk flood zones who have mortgages, flood insurance is required.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• And as a Black woman over 35, her pregnancy was considered high-risk.
  — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• The doctor urged Phillips to see a high-risk maternal-fetal medicine specialist.
  — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
• The city identified all five project areas as high-risk corridors.
  — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2023
• That growth came as the state loosened regulations around building in high-risk and low-lying areas.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• Israel’s special forces are considered some of the best in the world and are capable of pulling off high-risk operations.
  — Dan De Luce, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• Even with initial success, celebrity brands are a high-risk proposition.
  — Time, 20 June 2023
• That’s a shift from a decade ago when pensions seemingly moved in lockstep to increase holdings in the high-risk high-return investment.
  — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 25 July 2023
• Learn how garden design and maintenance can protect homes in high-risk fire areas.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• In Wyoming, a high-risk state, about a fifth of reported collisions involve an animal, according to the Pew study.
  — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2024
• Zelensky frequently makes high-risk trips to the front lines and has welcomed dozens of world leaders to Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
• That doesn't include any of my prenatal care, any of my high-risk specialty visits, nothing.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
• The new research, however, may provide some reassurance that eating eggs may be OK, even for a more high-risk group of people.
  — Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Health, 6 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024