impertinence
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No one yelled at him for his impertinence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Toney's first goal in his side's win over Brighton was nothing short of impertinence.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2022
For her part, Ms. Pinkston likened the treatment Mr. Wright suffered on the job to the impertinence all restaurant servers endure, regardless of race.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
Milch’s characters speak with the rhythms and patterns of people raised on Shakespeare and the King James Bible, a language short on contractions and spiced with a heavy dose of Yankee impertinence.
From Salon ● May 31, 2019
I knew that I could react in one of two ways: I could scold them for their impertinence or I could listen to what they were saying.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing impertinence
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Grade 11, List 4
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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