impertinent

Example Sentences

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Eleanor can be so impertinent, yet the audience still has to like her.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Mr. Hillyard has irritated Mr. Trump before with questions that the former president deemed impertinent.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

In the past, words or phrases deemed to have stepped over the line include "impertinent dog", "cad", "blethering", "guttersnipe" and "git".

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

I will not appear to condone the diminishment of any group at the expense of impertinent gestures toward another group for any reason, even when the law of the land appears to require it.’”

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2023

She grins and blows one back, which probably looks impertinent from Lubek’s point of view, and runs out the door.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron