cockiness
Example Sentences
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The family came vividly alive—we sensed Augustine’s role as nurturing mother, as well as the cockiness of the older son.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
A soldier who trained alongside him at the Army Foundation College, in Harrogate, told the BBC Khalife stood out for his cockiness, arrogance and over-confidence.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
The first, Hodges recalled, was a certain cockiness.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023
I was so eager and so excited to be in L.A. and I had this youthful kind of cockiness about me, to be honest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Her smile fades, and I can see the cockiness dissolve in waves.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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