How to use reckless in a sentence

More sentences with reckless

• The carrier will be held financially responsible for any damage due to reckless handling.From the entry due to
• Under no circumstances should I be responsible for your reckless driving of my vehicle.From the entry under no circumstances
• Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.From the entry smack
• He was a bit reckless and frankly we were nervous about riding with him in that big old sled of his, a Cadillac with a V-8.From the entry sled
• Sunak gave a well-intentioned but reckless subsidy to dine out during the pre-vaccine phase of the pandemic.2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times. From the entry pre-vaccine
• Byford said that the COVID-19 pandemic had "exposed a reckless, ultimately over-reliance on the farebox".2021 February 10, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: Byford sets out financial support hope for TfL”, in RAIL, number 924, page 22. From the entry over-reliance
• If I risk my own neck, it's reckless; if they risk my neck, it's criminal.2013, David Spiegelhalter, Michael Blastland, The Norm Chronicles […] , Profile Books, →ISBN, page 167. From the entry risk one's neck
• This burden of responsibility is behind motorists' frustrations with the "heck-care" attitude of reckless jaywalkers.2008 March 2, “Motorists' burden"”, in The Straits Times. From the entry heck-care
• The yahooism he had always despised was suddenly yoked to an ideology he viewed as reckless.2007 April 29, James Traub, “Who Put the ‘Cold’ in Cold War?”, in New York Times. From the entry yahooism
• The tequila slammer will forever be associated with the most reckless style of drinking.2007, Corby Kummer, 1001 Foods To Die For, →ISBN, page 940. From the entry tequila slammer
• They gambled with as much reckless abandon as they flew their airplanes.2002, W. Barry Baird, Vietnam Journey, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry buy the farm
• I envy those chroniclers who assert with reckless but sincere abandon: 'I was there.1954, Gore Vidal, Messiah. From the entry abandon
• The hill sides, however, have been abused by over-intensive farming, bad land use, and reckless denudement.1954, University of Chicago. Dept. of Geography, Research Paper (issues 38-41, page 173). From the entry denudement
• Professor Ross has shown that China has suffered immeasurably because of the reckless overbreeding of its people.1917, Theodore Roosevelt, The Foes of Our Own Household, New York: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 260. From the entry overbreed
• You were always such an impulsive, reckless sort of fellow—never quiet.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry fearful
• “Tonight, President Donald Trump is taking reckless and selfish actions that are putting countless lives in danger here in Nevada,” Mr.2020 September 14, Annie Karni, “Brazenly ignoring restrictions, Trump held a big indoor rally in Nevada.”, in The New York Times. From the entry Nevadan
• It’s an act of reckless political daring.2017 March 17, Martin Kettle, “We used to think Theresa May was a safe pair of hands. We can no longer say that”, in The Guardian. From the entry playbook
• Indeed, many guests even became habitués in order to blaze a trail with reckless abandon seven days a week.2011 September 28, Greg Simmons, “The most rock'n'roll hotel in the world? Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont”, in The Guardian. From the entry habitué
• That's why this failure of the super committee represents a reckless, irresponsible gamble by our "leaders" in Washington.2011 November 21, David Gergen, “Have They Gone Nuts in Washington?”, in CNN. From the entry grievously
• Thirst is okay, but reckless thirst have me slide into your DMs and give you a glass of water.2011 November 22, @FinallyKevunn, Twitter (post). From the entry slide into the DMs
• It glimmered in the sheen of an Arkansas toothpick and glowered in the shadows of a violent and reckless place.2010, Brooks Blevins, Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State. From the entry Arkansas toothpick
• Instead, Li was convicted on a lesser offence, reckless driving.2009 January 6, “Death of graft-buster not murder, court rules”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on…. From the entry Yingze
• Awareness of the ecocidal propensities of the rural population coincided with the first reckless surge of modern industry.2007, Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, Picador, published 2008, page 273. From the entry ecocidal
• The alaunt was considered a reckless animal, and had been known to attack domestic animals, or even its owner.2007, Ed Judah, An Ancient History of Dogs: Spaniels Through the Ages, page 121. From the entry alaunt
• Yet, to his many detractors, Jeff Kennett was shallow and reckless with a propensity for silly and embarrassing gaffes.2006, Nick Economou, “Jeff Kennett: The Larrikin Metropolitan”, in Paul Strangio, Brian Costar, editors, The Victorian Premiers…. From the entry larrikin
• Other shareherders were not quite as reckless and managed to build up their herds by claiming small losses.1991, Pobladores: Hispanic Americans of the Ute Frontier, page 176. From the entry shareherder
• She was so reckless, so gallant, his fiery lady.1986 September, Valerie Sherwood [pseudonym; Jeanne Hines], chapter 5, in Nightsong, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry devil take the hindmost
• Why so woe-begone ? and why, Philaenis, these reckless tearings of hair, and suffusion of showerful eyes ?1938, John William Mackail, Select epigrams from the Greek anthology, page 24. From the entry showerful
• He drunk more, talked more an' got more recklesser.1910, John Trotwood Moore, Uncle Wash. From the entry recklesser
• He entered with a dash of gallantry, native, one might say, to the reckless spirit of the accolent.1904, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, page 158. From the entry accolent
• That required Dominion to show whether key decision makers were aware the claims were false or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.2023 April 18, Sam Levine, Kira Lerner, “Fox and Dominion settle for US$787.5m in defamation lawsuit over election lies”, in The Guardian…. From the entry malice
• There is a narrow window of opportunity to save ourselves, and the innumerable other species that we are destroying with reckless abandon.2022 September 14, Arthur Neslen, quoting Noam Chomsky, “Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty”, in Katharine…. From the entry window of opportunity
• I PBed my go-to twisting descent not once but twice, all the while feeling totally in control, each run thrillingly rapid but never reckless.2019 April 18, James Spender, “Argonaut Road Bike review”, in Cyclist, London: Metropolis Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry pb
• Eventually the body trade grew so reckless that relatives took to holding graveside vigils, lest their loved ones disappear in the night.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 165. From the entry vigil
• One of many acts of delinquency promoted by Mötley Crüe is free use of the heavy-metal umlaut with reckless disregard for lïnguïstïc cönventiöns.2007, Greg P. Herriges, “Smokin’ in the Boys Room”, in Hard Rock Guitar Songs For Dummies, Milwaukee, Wis.: Hal Leonard Corporation…. From the entry heavy-metal umlaut
• During the royal hunt, the Shang killed wild beasts with reckless abandon, and consumed hecatombs of domestic animals at a bin banquet or a funeral.2006, Karen Armstrong, “The Axial Peoples (c. 1600 to 900 BCE)”, in The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions…. From the entry hecatomb
• If we were reckless enough to risk being served up as "long pig" by the savages of Malekula, that was our lookout, not his.1968, Osa Johnson, I Married Adventure. From the entry long pig
• However, when our product is required to compete with itself by the reckless and irresponsible commercial conduct of price cutters, our ability to compete diminishes.1958, Paul C. Williams, Discount-House Operations (Unites States Senate), Washington: United States Government Printing Office, page 389. From the entry self-competition
• The reckless spending of the Truman administration has precipitated a federal fiscal crisis which many of us may not fully realize . . .1952, Northwest Medicine, page 62. From the entry ruinism
• He was in favour of a national bank; he was strongly opposed to the reckless issue of assignats and spoke against it in the Assembly.1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 25. From the entry assignat

Meaning of reckless

1. adjective Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
2. adjective Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.

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Questions about reckless in a sentence

How do you use reckless in a sentence?

Reckless is used as an adjective. For example: “The carrier will be held financially responsible for any damage due to reckless handling.”

What is a short sentence with reckless?

“Her reckless behavior smacks of pride.”

What does reckless mean?

Reckless means careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.