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Example sentences for "made bold"

  • When the seneschal had shown me to the quarters he had set apart for me, I made bold to make inquiries concerning Madonna Paola.

  • Courtenay of Annapolis I had never met his equal for versatility of speech and command of fine language; and, having heard that he had been at sea since the age of twelve, I made bold to ask him at what school he had got his knowledge.

  • He made bold to risk a shot and light a fire, and thus we had buffalo meat for some days after.

  • I made bold to ask how the John's owners had treated him.

  • At length I made bold to ask him why our discussions were now omitted.

  • I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil and trouble; but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old proverb, "learning is better than house or land.

  • But since the advantage is ever with the attack, I made bold to put forward another plan, to wit, that we should quit the cavern, steal into the woods, and lay an ambush for the men that were prowling there.

  • I made bold to say that there was no proof of the letter having been intended for Mynheer Verhoeff, whereupon he bade me look upon the cover, and when I did so I perceived, very faintly inscribed there, the letters J.

  • So he made bold to wander about with him, watching him with solicitude.

  • I made bold, upon this, to ask him what was become of his wife; for I had heard him speak of having one.

  • Inasmuch as there are two sorts of month well recognised by the calendar, to wit the lunar and the solar, I made bold to regard both my months, in the absence of any provision, as intended to be strictly lunar.

  • I made bold, however, to ask Master Stickles at what time he intended to carry out this great and hazardous attempt.

  • And I made bold to ask in what district were those who had dealings with the colonies.

  • Billy didn't dare take this to your Excellency, so I made bold to e'en bring it myself.

  • But knowing of the unstinted hospitality of Greenwood, I made bold, Mrs. Meredith, to tell a friend that we could scarce fail of a welcome.

  • Finding your home unoccupied, I made bold to take it for my headquarters; but the quartermaster-general will pay you before we leave for such use as I have made of it.

  • I made bold to add that my friend went in fear that he had in some way offended her, but that I was very sure he would be able to excuse himself to her eyes if only she would afford him the opportunity to do so.

  • Then Vittoria said that she had made bold to do what she did for the sake of a friend and for the sake of Beatrice herself.

  • I called at your lodgings and saw a scroll on your table, and knowing what it must be, I made bold to read it, and, having read it, to bear it to you.

  • As to the tea, I made bold to speak my mind and succeeded in brewing some for myself.

  • Lobster and oysters," I made bold to remark, but he affected not to have heard, and proceeded rapidly to disrobe.

  • I made bold to yawn, but Alderling did not mind that, and then I made bold to say that I thought I would go to bed.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but see; doubt not; left his; made answer; made bold; made clear; made clothing; made good; made haste; made king; made many; made more; made mustard; made myself; made prisoners; made reply; made righteous; made shift; made sure; made the; made thus; made world; many feet; special case; that great; voluntary association