“Bold” or “Bowled”—Which to use?

“Bold” or “Bowled”

Overview

bold / bowled are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

bold: (adjective) fearless and daring. (adjective) clear and distinct.

bowled: (verb) roll (a ball). (verb) hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end. (verb) engage in the sport of bowling.

Pronunciation

bold: b·OW·l·d

bowled: b·OW·l·d

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Examples in Context

Examples of “bold”

…solid turreted-fusiform shell, sculptured by bold longitudinal ribs, over-run by dense…
…Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
…international situation, however, favoured a bold attitude, and she met the…
Majors are shown in bold.
…to join Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold while they fought with Polish-Hungarians…
DNA barcodes at BOLD systems
…league matches, club name in bold indicate win.
Bold- Currently playing for the St…
…are in raw concrete with bold colours on window frames and
…innovative sonnet series and her bold original odes."

Examples of “bowled”

…69 runs" because they either bowled out the opposition or caused…
…all-rounder, Pratap batted right-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace.
With the win, Voss bowled as an exempt player for…
…a variable pitch, and were bowled out for 81 in 20.5
…at which everything occurred, who bowled each delivery, which batsman faced…
…medium pace, was William Scotton bowled for 20.
…Muralitharan again), before being clean bowled by Vaas.
…was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break and who could…
…in the five overs he bowled.
…the rate at which teams bowled their overs.

(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license. Definitions drawn from WordNet.)

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