How to Use high-risk in a Sentence

high-risk

adjective

• Just one of those was marked as high-risk.
  — Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Ring-fence high-risk workflows first.
  — Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• That is a high-risk bet with a long time horizon.
  — Katica Roy, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
• Learn which items are high-risk and how to avoid issues with them at home.
  — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 10 Feb. 2026
• That said, this is a high-risk, high-reward setup.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Conversely, most high-risk bets don’t pay off.
  — David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
• The rest of the process was over Zoom, and then there was one very high-risk screen test.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 June 2024
• This is a high-risk throw that quarterbacks are very nervous to make.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 4 Apr. 2023
• Go here to read more about the high-risk locations for landslides.
  — Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
• Each of their high-risk, high-reward moves being outdone by what came next.
  — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
• They shouldn’t be used with high-risk patients or those with alarming symptoms.
  — Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
• But without a track record, there is also a high-risk for failure with these funds.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024
• However, keep in mind that these are high-risk, high-reward types of games.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• To find out how her high-risk rescues fare, fans will have to tune into the new season.
  — Erin Clements, People.com, 24 June 2025
• At the same time, a high-risk bet on a first-timer can turn into an enormous return.
  — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
• While popping your pimples is not advised, there are a few ways to make the process less high-risk.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• Her goal is to one day distribute the device to every high-risk client.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
• Penta’s lone mistake was going for a high-risk move toward the end of the match.
  — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
• Learn how to design and maintain landscapes in high-risk fire areas.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
• Yes, because, again, they are filled with high-risk loans, packaged and brought public by these same firms.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
• Their most profitable business had been helping package opaque pools of high-risk debt.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• The private company takes on high-risk, high-reward jobs--for the right price.
  — Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026
• Only 18% of the buildings that were struck fell within a high-risk zone.
  — Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
• Everything about her says she was made for this wild, breathless — and, yes, high-risk — life of an artist.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
• This is because hard science is high-risk and doesn’t tend to have a short-term profit margin.
  — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
• The defending was simply high-risk.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
• That would include those in high-risk zones where homeowners have been dropped by their providers in recent years.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
• Scores range from 6 to 10, with those of 8 or above treated as high-risk cancers.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 May 2025
• Instead, it is now recommended for high-risk groups.
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
• Descending this section with just one pair of crampons was a high-risk option.
  — Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024