How to Use reckless in a Sentence

reckless

adjective

• He is a wild and reckless young man.
• He showed a reckless disregard for the safety of others.
• He spends money with reckless abandon.
• And the right choice is to stop these reckless attacks.
  — CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
• Cole’s game is a little bit more reckless but in a good way.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
• Flowers strain on stalks to open all out and, reckless, cast pollen to the future.
  — Marjorie Garvey, National Review, 13 Apr. 2023
• The son, joyful and reckless, moves out at thirteen and joins the Navy at nineteen.
  — The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
• See, that's the kind of reckless spending that gets you on the radar of Congressperson Nitpick, Coop.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 9 June 2023
• If convicted of the reckless homicide charge, Leggett faces up to 65 years in prison.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
• Both also were charged as adults with four counts of reckless murder.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 21 Apr. 2023
• This reckless ménage à trois turns all three of their lives upside down.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2023
• Some of the cutting may be reckless; there’s the occasional WTF?
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 14 Oct. 2023
• No wild emotional swings like the one that fueled the reckless nights after Sarge died.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
• But…that is such a grossly reckless act that someone's likely to die.
  — Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
• Brown, as Monk’s brother, is on a reckless journey to find truth and acceptance as a gay man.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2024
• There’s a lot out there that portrays them as this reckless death cult that are just adrenaline junkies.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
• The scheme to control people’s economies through reckless climate policies must come to an end.
  — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
• The eight dissidents claim to have acted to stop reckless spending.
  — John Shadegg, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2023
• Robert Bauman condemned the reckless driving that police say caused the crash.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2022
• He was also charged with four counts of reckless murder, state police said.
  — Jamie Morrison, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Rather, the intrigue here lies in the fact that Grande—at least the Grande that projects herself in her songs—comes off as knowingly fickle, even reckless.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
• Ronnie Stout, who's charged with reckless arson, appeared in court for the first time Monday.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2024
• The dizzy economy was headed for a full-on face plant, a sign of reckless management by the Biden-Harris camp.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
• The line was no mere deep cut, and wasn’t spouted by a reckless twentysomething seeking shock value.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
• This doesn’t hasn’t stopped some drivers from being reckless while the program is engaged.
  — Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2024
• Moreno was charged with first-degree reckless homicide, party to a crime, but managed to evade arrest for more than a year.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2023
• There’s a reckless porousness to her work, a willingness to return again and again to that garden, locked-out and trembling.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 26 July 2024
• Allen tried to play hero ball, forced several reckless throws, and threw three interceptions in a 22-16 overtime loss to the Jets.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• There’s nothing impressive about burning out in the pursuit of reckless expansion.
  — Brent Gleeson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
• Congress confirming him would be a reckless mistake, putting the safety and stability of the U.S. military and its global operations at direct risk.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024