Examples of dicey in a Sentence
Starting a business can be quite a dicey proposition.
The weather looks a little dicey this morning. I hope it doesn't rain.
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The main problem is trying to monetize people and replace them, which is turning out to be a dicey call for most companies.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
May still be dicey getting the full race in.
—Greg Cote
may 3, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
Throughout the first two months of the Iran war, Democrats forced six votes attempting to trigger the resolution—which, as my colleague Tom Nichols has written, would be a dicey choice—but Republicans defeated all six.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
Those extra frames were where things started to get dicey for the Mammoth, who started to look gassed as time rolled on into double overtime.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
May still be dicey getting the full race in.
—Greg Cote
may 3, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
Throughout the first two months of the Iran war, Democrats forced six votes attempting to trigger the resolution—which, as my colleague Tom Nichols has written, would be a dicey choice—but Republicans defeated all six.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
Those extra frames were where things started to get dicey for the Mammoth, who started to look gassed as time rolled on into double overtime.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dicey. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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