How to Use risk it in a Sentence

risk it

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Definition of risk itnext
  • 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
  • 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

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