brashly

Example Sentences

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He continued to mention he's known locally for "awkward conversations with people" before "asking brashly conversational questions."

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2024

After decades climbing the administrative ladder in brashly commercial coastal areas, Mr. Xi took power amid widespread expectations that he would be a pragmatist willing to tolerate, if not act on, such calls.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

He let the symphony unfold, delightedly when that was the mood, sumptuously when that was called for and, at the end, magisterially rather than brashly.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Among the activists who heard them, Lavender Country helped galvanize the Seattle LGBTQ+ community organizing in Stonewall’s wake, while brashly challenging country music stereotypes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022

Lawrence’s brusque four-paragraph letter reported deuteron-induced radioactivity in fourteen light elements and speculated brashly that “in these nuclear reactions new radioactive isotopes of many of the elements might be formed.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik