effrontery

Example Sentences

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One provision stands out for its sheer effrontery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

It was followed by the trademark look of complete effrontery at the perceived injustice of it all, even though there was none.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

They are apparently seething over his rude effrontery, the serve-my-whims, feed-me-another-grape demands that they “indemnify” him from anything, ever, before he will free them from his odious presence by selling.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

Walters, who died Friday at 93, was America’s Grand Inquisitor, a groundbreaking journalist who was unafraid to probe the unapproachable with people unaccustomed to such effrontery.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2022

“Louis saw it done repeatedly, and at first was amazed at Burnham’s effrontery, only to be more amazingly amazed at the drooling of the recipient. The method was crude but it worked.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson