overboldness

Example Sentences

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The fair girl knitted her brows in a frown at his overboldness.

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

They “advised their captain, through his overboldness, not to leave their widows and fatherless children to give him bitter curses.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

Either from overboldness in the metaphors, or from some unaptness in the material of them, I have to confess that my mind rather rebels against these stretches of poetical prerogative.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman

I was never an advocate of overboldness, but our guide erred in the other extreme.

From For The Admiral by Marx, W.J.

J. Coming now to the point of my story, I have to relate how his overboldness was proved by his death.

From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George