cockiness
Example Sentences
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Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
It was a mixture of cockiness and exasperation as if to say, “That’s enough. This game needs to be done.”
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024
Natural talent allied with the cockiness that comes with knowing you are more gifted than your rivals made him an irresistible force.
From BBC • May 13, 2024
The first, Hodges recalled, was a certain cockiness.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023
“Oh, you’re very funny, Short. A regular riot. I thought the Hamburg incident might have knocked some of the cockiness out of you. If I were you, I’d concentrate on the job in hand.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
