have the audacity
Example Sentences
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“I think it’s important now more than ever for us to be unified and standing up for our rights together. Especially when they have the audacity to try to lie, especially to the public.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
Some said her look was "so bad that it's actually camp" while others asked, "How dare Katie Holmes have the audacity to try to bring back" the outdated dress-over-jeans trend.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022
“You have the audacity to tell us to eat ketchup sandwiches for our art,” Mr. Mosley shouted.
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2022
“And as a legislator, I just don’t believe that I have the audacity to tell them what they can do and cannot do.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2022
“I refuse to let those folks in that office demean me because I have the audacity to ask for help.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
