effrontery

How To Use effrontery In A Sentence

• Obviously, I'm not Catholic, but I think it takes a lot of effrontery for the media to try to dictate the doctrine for Catholics.
• Another such move is to ex-territorialize the cumbersome native: he must be an émigré, an exile; as a matter of fact, I never moved to England, which I have the effrontery to merely visit. A Cup of Coffee
• The man walked off in dudgeon, and Mr. Westwyn, losing his anger in his astonishment at this effrontery, said, 'And pray, Mr. Lynmere, what do you pretend to know of Stilton cheese? do they make it at Leipsic? did you ever so much as taste it in your life?' Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
• She returned to court nevertheless, and constantly denying her marriage, fought it out with the effrontery which is so easily forgiven, in fashionable life, to youth, wit, and beauty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
• He said: ‘The sheer effrontery of Kennet in failing to consult even the local members beggars belief.’
• But O'Duffy's admiration for the sheer effrontery of the man persisted, and he arranged for another trial to be held in conjunction with the Irish championships.
• He had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.
• But the police and a jingoistic public ensure that such effrontery is suitably decried and the witnesses end up regretting having spoken the truth.
• He'd come over to confront Stan and Tiny and to tell them exactly what he thought of their effrontery, but held back the accusation for want of proof.
• Then, at a time like this our councillors have the mindless effrontery to propose a 16 per cent tax increase.