insolence

Example Sentences

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Their insolence obviously fails to recognize the elite talent in the conference, as evidenced by the flood of NFL draftees each Spring from the South, but no problem, feel how you want to feel.

From Fox News

It’s not designed for the denizens of most digital message boards, where snark and insolence flourish, abated by anonymity.

From Washington Post

When the former classmate offers the narrator an apartment in another of his son’s buildings on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, at first Petrie spurns the invitation as an insolence.

From New York Times

More than any other interview I can remember, this one revealed that Barr's insolence is actually cover for the fact that he really doesn't know what he's talking about.

From Salon

A dozen were arrested for “insolence,” disorderly conduct, inciting a riot and other charges.

From Washington Post