insolent
Example Sentences
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While these insolent young men live in a medieval fantasy world of flying beasts, they reflect a very modern obsession with a younger generation that can’t live up to the precedent set by their forebears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Fans were momentarily disappointed, but nothing could detract from the insolent, messy glory of tracks like Club Classics or Sympathy Is A Knife.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
“These are absolutely unfounded, insolent accusations about the head of the Russian state,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
I have this insolent, oppositional child and I get to be liable for that?
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Always he would return in his thoughts to this white man who was not insolent or scornful but who was just.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Vocabulary lists containing insolent
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