cockiness
Example Sentences
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What’s really driving the buzz is Sullivan’s aura—the self-assuredness and cockiness that scorers need in a ruthless sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“And a humility. We have an optimism that we’re going to do this, but not a cockiness that we can mail it in.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
There was a control, a confidence, perhaps a cockiness at times, about their play.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
With the passion and cockiness of youth, Virgil at 20-something regards “these bitter, hard, close-to-dead people” with contempt, puzzlement and the certainty of escaping a similar fate.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Her smile fades, and I can see the cockiness dissolve in waves.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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