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
Natural talent allied with the cockiness that comes with knowing you are more gifted than your rivals made him an irresistible force.
From BBC • May 13, 2024
With the passion and cockiness of youth, Virgil at 20-something regards “these bitter, hard, close-to-dead people” with contempt, puzzlement and the certainty of escaping a similar fate.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024
He has a confidence that borders on cockiness.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023
Not that they needed understanding—young people were the same in every generation—but this cockiness, this refusal to take seriously the gravest questions of their lives, nettled and irritated her.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
