audacity
Example Sentences
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I look back and I just think about the audacity of a young Asian kid in that world.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Operating on a mixture of audacity, talent, and sheer guts, Bertei became part of the No Wave scene that existed immediately adjacent to the Punk Rock Class of 1975.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
“You had the audacity to do your job.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
She was made to feel like a "terrible person" for "having the audacity to complain", she added.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Alfons couldn’t believe the officer’s audacity to call Adolf Hitler a mass murderer.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Vocabulary lists containing audacity
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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