effrontery

Example Sentences

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One provision stands out for its sheer effrontery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Walters, who died Friday at 93, was America’s Grand Inquisitor, a groundbreaking journalist who was unafraid to probe the unapproachable with people unaccustomed to such effrontery.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2022

He seemed to have a desire to shock and had been described as an astounding combination of insight, intuition and effrontery.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2022

My first resort is claiming I’m the victim of witch-huntery — And blithely wave away substantive facts with sheer effrontery.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021

“Shut up over there,” Miss Annie screamed through her shutters as Ignatius gathered his smock about him and swept into the hall contemplating his most important problem: organizing a new assault against the minx’s effrontery.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole