embolden Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ɪmˈbəʊl.dən]
  • Us [ ɪmˈboʊl.dən]

Meaning of embolden In English

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Examples of embolden

  • Knowing that the separation-of-powers insulates them from such legislative overrides, courts may be emboldened to take on a more active role.

  • British politicians felt emboldened by a wider public which, when it considered distant colonists at all, often saw them as ungrateful recipients of metropolitan protection.

  • Like all good discussions, this one is both illuminating and emboldening.

  • The theory of resilience may, in due course, embolden development agencies to act on facts not faith.

  • Obedience and necessity led me to the theatre; propensity for and the love of this work emboldened me to write.

  • The increasing assertiveness of the press emboldened independent journalists to tackle themes previously off-limits, from official corruption to electoral fraud, further eroding the regime's declining legitimacy.

  • Apparently emboldened by the part they played in rolling back fuel price increases adopted in early 1999, in response to a severe macroeconomic crisis, they have strenuously resisted regulatory controls.

  • I am emboldened to intervene in the debate for two reasons.

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