impertinence
Example Sentences
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To his fans, the headstone shows an impertinence that borders on the unseemly.
From Los Angeles Times
Coach Matt Peet is normally poker-faced but laughed uproariously in the stand at the sheer impertinence and invention.
From BBC
Admirers called them lively topicality and refreshing impertinence.
From New York Times
At some moments, this prequel series matches the goofy impertinence that made 1978’s “Grease” feature so lovable.
From Los Angeles Times
His impertinence, though, shows the strain that the war - a word he uses in defiance of a Kremlin ban - has had on Putin's 23-year-old political system.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
