impudency
Example Sentences
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O, now stand close; pray Heaven, she can get him to read! he should do it of his own natural impudency.
From Every Man in His Humor by Jonson, Ben
Your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange without heresy.—Shakespeare.
From Pearls of Thought by Ballou, Maturin Murray
After suffering a cannonade, the commandant proposed to evacuate Wexford on terms which "manifested the impudency of the men."
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur
What will not desperate impudency dare to aver?
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Puritan women also were not above reproach in regard to the fashion of extravagant hair-dressing; they also "showed the vile note of impudency."
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
