Mentally unstable as they may be, each of the search terms emboldened below have brought web surfers to this very site.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

The other assertion, one that is particularly infuriating, is about whether insurgents will be "emboldened" if we take certain actions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sam Black: Evaluating Obama's Afghan Policy] Reference

CNN's GOP apologist Candy Crowley said this morning that the White House was "emboldened" and "figured, hey, this is a guy we can take on.".    From Wordnik.com.  [05/21/2007] Reference

In short, Gill's rewarding "emboldened" policemen like Rathore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

At the same time, Calmes & Hulse note, Republicans are feeling "emboldened".    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

(The emboldened is mine) http://chronwatch. com/content/contentDisplay. asp? aid = 16901.    From Wordnik.com.  [Needless exaggeration « BuzzMachine] Reference

Urbanski said the students have been "emboldened" that there are no consequences for misbehavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [13WHAM: Top Stories] Reference

"emboldened" Israel to withhold important information.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Star > News Feed] Reference

"emboldened" insurgency there, according to figures released by the Pentagon.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com News - Top Stories] Reference

The "" pros '' seem emboldened in the new atmosphere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forget The Angry Voter. The Hacks Are Back.] Reference

Flattered and emboldened, the First Lady accepted the challenge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary's Splendid Season] Reference

Rather than retreat, Ghosn says he was emboldened to take risks.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rock Star Is Reborn] Reference

Zapatero's socialists, on the other hand, are feeling emboldened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking On The Church] Reference

The report emboldened wavering pols, including Clinton, to demand a tougher bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Tobacco Say 'Aaaaah'] Reference

Or maybe the president, emboldened by his latest Houdini act, will get in trouble again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton's Houdini Act] Reference

Initially cowed by the campaign, the independent press was emboldened by the Kursk tragedy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russia's Press Strikes Back] Reference

"Chilean women see the social protections and they are emboldened to have children," she says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chile Starts Early] Reference

Pengfei's father, who chain-smokes cigarettes, has been emboldened by his son's health problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facing A Demon] Reference

The "Spitzer Effect," as it's being called on Wall Street, has even emboldened the Federal Reserve.    From Wordnik.com.  [REGULATORS MUSCLE UP] Reference

September's bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad suggests that the extremists are growing emboldened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winning In Afghanistan] Reference

The police managed to break up the crowd nearly five hours later, but the incident emboldened the protesters.    From Wordnik.com.  [VOICE OF THE PEOPLE] Reference

Then in 1992, an emboldened Congress threw Fernando Collor de Mello out of office for taking a fortune in kickbacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [LULA'S TRIAL BYFIRE] Reference

Public disenchantment over his handling of the postal-reform bills has emboldened LDP members to challenge the leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [A LONG, HOT SUMMER] Reference

Still, the initial responses of the two men when challenged on ethical issues have emboldened House Democrats to press ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: Taking Aim At Cheney And Rove] Reference

New rules: There isn't necessarily a tension between Ginsburg the emboldened advocate and Ginsburg the judicial conservative.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Frankfurter, Not A Hot Dog] Reference

A variant of the credibility logic holds that dictators around the world will be emboldened if America does not win decisively.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Do We Do Now?] Reference

Many are emboldened by headlines trumpeting moves by the likes of Bank of America and EDS to shift more back-office jobs offshore.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Elephants Fly] Reference

When cash ran short they discovered that "Shiri's" popularity had emboldened venture capitalists to speculate on big-budget movies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blockbuster Nation] Reference

Of course plenty of factors were at work here, but the fact that Russia felt emboldened by its new wealth was certainly one of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Projections of Power] Reference

The relative silence that greeted the recent Israeli bombing of suspected nuclear sites in Syria has only emboldened the superhawks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Before We Bomb Iran …] Reference

And Washington's hawks -- many of whom favor a military solution to the crisis -- are emboldened by the North's renewed belligerence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chinese Puzzle] Reference

Massoud's forces, emboldened by Dostam's example, began pressing toward Kabul, forcing Hekmatyar to mount his own drive on the capital. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End Of A Superpower Proxy War] Reference

Newly emboldened civic groups have formed a movement to examine dozens of suspicious deaths over the past two decades within the military.    From Wordnik.com.  [AN ARMY ADRIFT] Reference

Restive shareholders, emboldened regulators and demoralized workers -- together they're enough to make Michael Moore look like a pussycat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ceo's Challenge] Reference

Still, Putin's new oligarchy, emboldened by its own sense of power, is united, at least, on one thing: that this power must be maintained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under A Quiet Surface] Reference

"Not only have we validated and emboldened our enemies, but we have shamed our friends," says an embittered U.S. State Department official.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wars Through Arab Eyes] Reference