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

“Oh, you’re very funny, Short. A regular riot. I thought the Hamburg incident might have knocked some of the cockiness out of you. If I were you, I’d concentrate on the job in hand.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer