brazen

Example Sentences

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But his latest scheme is even more brazen: He will soon appear on American currency.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the strike a "brazen crime" that broke the "most basic rules" of international law by targeting reporters, "who are ultimately civilians performing a professional duty".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Like Hedda herself, she’s too brazen, brilliant and entertaining to go ignored.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

On Tuesday, des Cars sent her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, which was accepted, following a string of scandals including the brazen theft of French crown jewels valued at $100 million in October.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

She had been imagining the scene of a crime, a Gothic cathedral, whose flamboyant vaulting would be flooded with brazen light of scarlet and indigo from a stained-glass backdrop of lurid suffering.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan