have the audacity

Example Sentences

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“You have to have confidence, you have to have the audacity to believe that you are going to do Hamlet — and that you can do Hamlet,” O’Hara says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

I think it actually sticks the landing so beautifully that it's difficult for me to have the audacity to believe that we're doing anything other than what I think Colleen has already done.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024

There are those who have the audacity to compare him to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2023

“I didn’t even have the audacity to fantasize about it.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2022

Autumn and Ama stare at me, as if they can’t believe that I have the audacity to rock their worlds one more time.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer