How to Use risk it in a Sentence

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• But these four friends will risk it all to make the world laugh.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Dec. 2022
• The chance that any of these will harm the baby is small, but why risk it?
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 13 June 2023
• Why even risk it just to get an assist in the box score?
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2022
• What risk is Nelly willing to take for a young man willing to risk it all?
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
• No Evil Queens out to ruin your night come Halloween, but just to be safe, don't risk it with the apples!
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 26 Sep. 2022
• Don’t risk it, if water is flowing over the road #TurnAroundDontDrown.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
• Casey Wilson will risk it all for the laugh — and now the actress is suffering the consequences, all for the love of You.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2022
• It was discussed once last year, but Alex decided not to risk it.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Even if doctors cleared La Russa to manage, why risk it?
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
• But Moore has had little reason to risk it all out at Pipeline until now.
  — Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2022
• Leaders today cannot be afraid to risk it all in their pursuit of true change and true improvement.
  — Patrick Riccards, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• Young people seem determined to risk it all for a chance at a different life.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
• Those wishing to risk it all can option the truck with two 103-pound spare wheel-and-tire assemblies, with one mounted inside the bed.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 22 Jan. 2022
• Two hundred holed up at the Amarula Lodge, where the expats faced a choice: save themselves, or risk it all to save everyone.
  — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 1 June 2022
• Check the weather before heading out and don’t risk it or push yourself if the weather looks too extreme.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
• On TikTok, unboxing of the shoe have racked up hundreds of thousands of views, with commenters willing to risk it all to get their hands on a pair.
  — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2023
• The individual who sent the letter to the younger Blenkinsop decided to risk it and send both a few days early.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• Luckily, Jenner is a trendsetter ready to risk it for fashion all year round.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
• According to the book, the Inuit people risk it all while hunting because a single whale can provide a village with food and oil to last an entire year.
  — Manish Gupta, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• Why risk it by overinvesting in what Pound touted as the first truly modern poem?
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 29 Dec. 2021
• This was possible because workers decided to fight back, willing to risk it all.
  — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022
• For those in need of an inspiring watch, there’s also a new documentary that follows the skateboarder Leo Baker and his decision to risk it all in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics.
  — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
• An academic paper has reported that when a new iPhone came out people were more likely to behave in a more risky way with their old phone and risk it being lost/stolen/broken.
  — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
• Doctors tell patients to stop eating before surgeries that require general anesthesia because of the risk it could be vomited up and end up in the lungs.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
• Leave merchandise unobstructed, and risk it being swiped, or lock it up, and risk deterring paying customers.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• Only the steeliest of investors would dare become an entrepreneur in this economy; wannabe investors cling on to solid careers rather than risk it all for some harebrained cash grab.
  — Robert Stevens, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
• Most captains would obviously want to avoid such a costly and dangerous situation, but the sheer number of nets draped on Stellwagen wrecks indicates that some are willing to risk it.
  — Laura Trethewey, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2023
• Taking advantage of the dangerous situation and the desperation of those willing to risk it, pro-government forces have coerced truffle hunters to bring them along for protection.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• Governments that feel encircled and desperate may be especially likely to risk it — an isolated and paranoid Moscow, for example.
  — Max Fisher, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Oct 2024