impudent child
Example Sentences
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She responded, coolly, on Twitter, in what felt like a mother dismissing an impudent child.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2016
Mistress Crawley now appeared, and, seizing Lucy by the shoulder, exclaimed,— 'You impudent child!
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma
As the impudent child had said: "If people had no pasts, they would have no futures."
From The Patrician by Galsworthy, John
"I hope your royal highness knows this impudent child well enough not to put any faith in her words," said Madame von Morien, evasively, not daring to claim the letter as her property.
From Frederick the Great and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
He looked at me, in silence, and I felt very little, and insignificant, and much like an impudent child who has stuck out its tongue at its elders.
From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Ferber, Edna
