Sentence examples for bold stands from inspiring English sources

Emerson's individualism led him to value dissent, and to take bold stands, including championing abolition.

Mr. Obama took few bold stands and diverted little from the liberal orthodoxy he had embraced in the Illinois Senate.

While some musicians are better known for hanging out with their #GirlSquad, there are still some making bold stands against the system.

Mr. Perry's aides and supporters defend the governor's record, praising him for taking bold stands to strengthen state autonomy and fight federal overregulation.

He took some bold stands as a minister, too, admitting that Indonesia had home-grown terrorists when many of his colleagues denied it, and pushing for talks with separatists in Aceh province when most politicians were clamouring for war.

Alex Ross has rightly noted the excellence of the veteran pianist Nelson Freire's compendium of solo works on Decca, "Harmonies du Soir," but a number of younger artists (all Francophone) took bold stands that repay repeated listening.

President Zardari has taken a bold stand, a profile in courage standing up against religious intolerance.

Am fascinated by Wylie D. and his bold stand for the avant-garde.

The church's bold stand on homosexuality followed a long maverick history.

(NYT) THE OTHER CONTEST A BOLD STAND ON BASKETBALL -- It was a free throw for Al Gore.

It was a bold stand; the day before it predicted the plane's demise, Korean Air ordered 10 new ones.