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

“You have the audacity to tell us to eat ketchup sandwiches for our art,” Mr. Mosley shouted.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2022

But when the Capitol decrees that only one tribute can live and you have the audacity to challenge it, I guess that’s a rebellion in itself.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins