insolent

Example Sentences

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All would be well for the heroic striver but for the insolent judgments of “editors, curators, connoisseurs, critics, bosses, talent agents, reviewers, etc.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Be insolent, break the rules, don’t doubt your instincts and buy your freedom by working on the cheap.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Fans were momentarily disappointed, but nothing could detract from the insolent, messy glory of tracks like Club Classics or Sympathy Is A Knife.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the allegations of a cover-up, telling reporters these are “absolutely unfounded, insolent accusations about the head of the Russian state.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

I want desperately to sound coolly detached but not like I’m trying too hard to sound coolly detached—basically Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not but less insolent and more Indian.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed