Example sentences for: riskier

How can you use “riskier” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Maybe that's why most people go for the sure thing in Question 1 but are willing to go for the slightly riskier of the two bets in Question 2. (Click for an experiment that could test this hypothesis.)

  • Which suggests that if you really believe that stocks are actually no riskier than a savings account--or, rather, if you believe that everyone else will come to believe this--the Dow may still have 3,888 or so points to go.

  • Doctors used to be among the most dependable workers in America, but according to the WP , they've been leaving their jobs to collect disability benefits in such high numbers that insurers now view them as in the same claim risk echelon as grocery cashiers and bank tellers, and even riskier than shipping clerks and traveling salesmen.

  • The classic example of moral hazard comes from insurance: Because you have it, you feel protected against your own mistakes and behave in a riskier manner, increasing the chances that you will suffer a loss.

  • But Glassman argues--citing historical studies by Siegel--that stocks held for many years are not actually riskier.


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