chutzpa

Example Sentences

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Hamler said he atoned for his drop because he has that short memory that cornerbacks have and the chutzpa that undrafted, overlooked players possess.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

Forgotten, though, is the chutzpa behind them, a chutzpa that has been a gift to a sport that’s prone to vanilla-ness.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 18, 2019

Who dares to get inside the very heads of strangers, who has the chutzpa to project thoughts and feelings into the minds of others, who steals their very souls?

From Time • Sep. 14, 2016

And Reggie Miller, Dream Team III guard, won the gold medal for chutzpa when he complained about the room service at the deluxe hotel accommodating the U.S. basketball team.

From Time Magazine Archive

Colonel Uri Yarom, an Israeli helicopter pilot, once gave a classic demonstration of chutzpa when he was dispatched to evacuate an injured sailor from an Israeli freighter in the Mediterranean.

From Time Magazine Archive