1 His success emboldened him to expand his business.

2 Jack was emboldened to ask Helen to marry him.

3 The Prime Minister was steadily emboldened by the discovery that he faced no opposition.

4 Emboldened by her smile, he asked her to dance.

5 This emboldened me to ask for more help.

6 With such a majority, the administration was emboldened to introduce radical new policies.

7 Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her.

8 Emboldened by drink, he walked over to speak to her.

9 Four days of non-stop demonstrations have emboldened the anti-government protesters.

10 The adolescent is emboldened with an egocentric belief in the omnipotence of logical thought.

11 But this latest phase has now also emboldened Bush to press forward with his agenda in strong, conservative strokes.

12 Their highly publicized forays energized and emboldened the Catholic Right.

13 Emboldened by their mandate from the voters, the parties challenged de Gaulle at every turn.

14 He thought she looked maddeningly attractive, and emboldened by the fine claret, pressed his knee against hers under the table.

15 Emboldened by what she saw her friend get away with, Diana felt able to loosen the shackles a little.

16 And the judge, emboldened by the new case management powers decides to put the boot in.

17 They are emboldened to take their practice further and further.

18 His kind manner emboldened her to ask for help.

19 He was so much emboldened.

20 Back in China, labour activists are emboldened.

21 Not dignified with a teacher, emboldened also big!

22 But the scale of the slowdown has emboldened some.

23 But lately they are becoming emboldened.

24 The religious right now feels emboldened by the impassiveness of secular parties and the state: no one who threatened to kill Taseer and other like-minded politicians has been arrested.

25 Emboldened, I yanked the strap of her backpack and then pushed her.

26 Too bad if a victim emboldened to speak out at the age of 39.

27 Just now, emboldened by my reading,[] I snuck over and peeped in his drawers.

28 Emboldened by the current global financial crisis, anti - free - market critics have grown increasingly boisterous.

29 It was no more than a change of emphasis, but it emboldened the opposition.

30 As the weeks of prodigious , delirious victories succeeded one another, they were emboldened.

1 His success emboldened him to expand his business.

2 Jack was emboldened to ask Helen to marry him.

3 The Prime Minister was steadily emboldened by the discovery that he faced no opposition.

31 He was cheered by no friendly eye, emboldened by no encouraging voice.

32 If public disapproval hardens, critics will be emboldened to speak out.

33 Enemies of nuclear energy will be emboldened to pressurise other governments, including our own, to follow the German lead.

34 The Taliban were emboldened by the deal: it called for the institution of Shariah, the strict legal code of Islam based on the Koran, throughout Malakand Agency, which includes Swat and Buner.

35 Officials also worry that activists might be emboldened by international attention focused on the games.

36 Emboldened by a nationwide crackdown on crime and a government decree giving them extra law-and-order powers, Italian mayors have issued a string of often bizarre by-laws to enhance "public decorum."

37 Whitman's fearless, unheard-of voice shattered the glass of European gentility and eventually emboldened later generations of American poets to speak out in wilder tones.

38 Now more emboldened counterfeiters, and the sale of the direct use of tubers.