outrageousness

Example Sentences

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Adding to the outrageousness, it was in the middle of the city’s festivities over the Knicks win, when fans poured into the streets to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

But I think that’s, going back to Truman, why he was such a breath of fresh air, that irreverence and the silliness, the games, the outrageousness of him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2024

But even in Paulson’s eye-opening, sinus-clearing performance, Toni, as she’s called, doesn’t sum up the outrageousness of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s play, which has a deep wound and wicked tongue of its own.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023

If sales go as well as hoped, many will take it as an indicator that Musk’s outrageousness is the reason why his brand continues to succeed.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2023

That Nicholas had lost his youthful outrageousness did not surprise Obinze; what surprised him was the loss of even the smallest memory of it.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie