insolence

Example Sentences

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Moscow accused Pashinyan of behaviour bordering on insolence, and on Friday summoned Armenia's ambassador to protest against "hostile steps".

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2023

Here she’s all foulmouthed verve, her adolescent insolence turbocharged by the liberation of living after the end of the world.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Miss Manners thoroughly disapproves of this guest, whose transgression may have been made out of ignorance but who followed it with insolence.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

Inevitably, you find yourself shoveling in oiled-and-vinegared lettuce with the same insolence you felt as a child shoveling down steamed broccoli so you could move on to dessert.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2021

When, as someone entered, he said good morning, or good day, he said it barely looking up, and with an indifference that fell just short of insolence.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin