audacity
Example Sentences
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“Big Bang” puts readers in the midst of this monumental scientific debate, while demonstrating that, for all its audacity, “the Big Bang model can be understood by everyone.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Operating on a mixture of audacity, talent, and sheer guts, Bertei became part of the No Wave scene that existed immediately adjacent to the Punk Rock Class of 1975.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
"She was incensed, just really struck by the audacity of stealing a building and flippantly said: 'You should make this into a game'," Myres told the BBC.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
I had a lot of audacity back then.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
What gave me the audacity to speak to him as if he were a person capable of seeing reason, I'll never know.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Vocabulary lists containing audacity
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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