have the audacity

Example Sentences

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But no; half the time, corporations have the audacity to charge a service fee on top of the money they have saved by not hiring someone to do the work you, the consumer, just did.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

I think it actually sticks the landing so beautifully that it's difficult for me to have the audacity to believe that we're doing anything other than what I think Colleen has already done.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024

“They have the audacity to to take their children out of a government school and put them into a better program,” Heap said.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

There are those who have the audacity to compare him to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2023

“I refuse to let those folks in that office demean me because I have the audacity to ask for help.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas