effrontery
Example Sentences
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One provision stands out for its sheer effrontery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
It was followed by the trademark look of complete effrontery at the perceived injustice of it all, even though there was none.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024
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
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
“Louis saw it done repeatedly, and at first was amazed at Burnham’s effrontery, only to be more amazingly amazed at the drooling of the recipient. The method was crude but it worked.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing effrontery
The Crucible
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Ethan Frome
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