in-your-face
adjective
: characterized by or expressive of bold and often defiant aggressiveness
in-your-face basketball
also
: aggressively intrusive
in-your-face advertising
Examples of in-your-face in a Sentence
an in-your-face attitude that sometimes puts people off
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Room for Disagreement There is a case that a less bellicose, less in-your-face flavour of DOGE could work better — and that such changes are easier when they’re not associated with a controversial figure.
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Jim Waterson, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
Not as in-your-face impressive as Jamie Lloyd’s gorgeous Sunset Blvd.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 June 2025
But there was no competition bow this year for Lapid’s in-your-face musical satire about a pair of Israeli artists who sign their souls over to a Russian oligarch to craft a post-October 7 nationalist anthem in support of their state.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
The smothering, shot-blocking, in-your-face defense.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
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Jim Waterson, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
Not as in-your-face impressive as Jamie Lloyd’s gorgeous Sunset Blvd.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 June 2025
But there was no competition bow this year for Lapid’s in-your-face musical satire about a pair of Israeli artists who sign their souls over to a Russian oligarch to craft a post-October 7 nationalist anthem in support of their state.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
The smothering, shot-blocking, in-your-face defense.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for in-your-face
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“In-your-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-your-face. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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