impertinence
Example Sentences
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Impertinence, hauteur, sudden repentance, happiness, rebellion and fatigue supplant each other with lightning speed on her mobile, adolescent face.
From Time Magazine Archive
Impertinence to a teacher was almost a reformatory offense in Brooklyn.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
This leaneth more towards a Satire than a Compliment, in this respect, that he could not only suffer Impertinence, but at sometimes seemed to be pleased with it.
From A Character of King Charles the Second by Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of
The Lady who pines for the Man whom she treats with so much Impertinence and Inconstancy, is drawn with much Art and Humour.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
I’m up by this time pretty nearly every morning, Mister Impertinence.
From The Spoilers of the Valley by Watson, Robert
Vocabulary lists containing impertinence
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Grade 11, List 4
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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