How to Use dicey in a Sentence

dicey

adjective
Definition of diceynext
Synonyms for diceynext
  • The weather looks a little dicey this morning. I hope it doesn't rain.
  • But long-term prospects will be dicey until the waters recede.
    — Washington Post, 17 June 2019
  • Without an expert to help the group stay on track, these dynamics can get dicey.
    — Brittany Risher, SELF, 14 Feb. 2019
  • But what was the calculation from your part, from being in this kind of dicey position?
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 12 Nov. 2018
  • The Dodgers pulled ahead in the bottom of the eighth, and things got dicey for Jansen when the first two batters reached in the ninth.
    — Mike Digiovanna, latimes.com, 16 June 2019
  • That’s a dicey political problem when taxpayers can’t vote, as tea drinkers in Boston know well.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
  • The trip was dicey, with the dual threats of being discovered by the Nazis or killed by Allied forces hanging over them.
    — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2019
  • The proposition immediately became dicey when the righthander allowed the first two batters to reach on a walk and single.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
  • The definition of working class is fairly straightforward, but the actual application of the term gets dicey, fast.
    — Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, 13 Dec. 2018
  • Who would have imagined such a thing during those bad, old days and nights when venturing into East Palo Alto was dicey in the extreme?
    — John Horgan, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
  • But things get a little dicey when his girlfriend Isabel [Elena Tovar] is a little too Latina.
    — Greg Braxton, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • Before Valera had intervened, the youth’s only option had been a homeless shelter for adults in Olympia, a dicey situation for a teen with autism.
    — Allegra Abramo, The Seattle Times, 29 Mar. 2019
  • Unmanned, there are no human lives to risk and the Navy could afford to send them on dicier, higher risk missions without the possibility of losing sailors.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 May 2019
  • Directly regulating Google's search algorithms could be even dicier, since Google would be able to invoke the First Amendment.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2018
  • The prospect of enough GOP flips, then, made the math a bit dicey.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Throughout the season, the Hawks have proven to be a dicey matchup.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Things were dicey at first, but Perea worked on the respect.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Tears to Triumph Here’s where things start to get a bit dicey.
    — Caroline Tew, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Coming out publicly at the end of the ‘60s was dicey, but didn’t phase him.
    — Niko Stratis, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2022
  • There was a time when riding a bike in the city was simple, if a bit dicey.
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2022
  • It’s when your beloved pooch makes his way onto the bed that things can get dicey.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Things got dicey late, thanks to another rough day for the bullpen.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 30 June 2019
  • But figuring out which path the Tigers will take is dicey.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Billups did point out that two wins, the first game at Phoenix and at Miami, were dicey.
    — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2022
  • That over will still be dicey as point projections are right around 48 for this game.
    — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 22 Nov. 2019
  • In Amherst, these are dicey times for the state’s flagship men’s basketball team.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Of course, the RV should go do the errand and come right back, though this would seem a dicey situation to be in.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • But if both Netflix and the military want to sell Space Force T-shirts, that's where things get dicey.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2020
  • Those water temps are very dicey and don’t allow for mistakes.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Here’s a hypothetical scenario which attests to just how dicey this could get.
    — Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022

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