cockiness
Example Sentences
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Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
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
Among the upstart Skrulls, Ben-Adir conveys the cockiness of a young firebrand, peppered with the smugness of a classic thriller villain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Surely her cockiness, her optimism and energy, her pizzazz, will get her out of this.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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