Brashness Definition & Meaning

Examples of brash in a Sentence

Adjective She asks such brash questions. a brash request to get something for free

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective His co-star, who plays Lady Macbeth, was even more brash. — John Carucci, ajc, 29 Apr. 2022 The podcast team also interviewed Letty Martinez, the lead singer of the brash Chicanx punk band Fea, who identifies as pansexual. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2022 The purity movement didn’t announce its arrival in this country with abstinence pledges and brash daddy-daughter dances. — Sarah Green, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2022 But luckily the crossover's brash new styling carries over unchanged from global market variants. — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2022 Levant also said a lot of rude, brash, outlandish things for just for laughs, often with whipcrack timing. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022 His approach — often brash, pugnacious and controversial — has drawn comparisons to Donald Trump. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022 Played by Colin Farrell in stage make-up and a fat suit, the Penguin is a loud and brash character, whose over-the-top performance stands out in a relatively downbeat film. — Joe George, Men's Health, 2 Mar. 2022 Machine Gun Kelly was a star before his 2020 album Tickets To My Downfall, a brash hip-hop artist from Cleveland with some real crossover pop appeal and plenty of film/TV credits to his name. — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Think brash, witty, luxury-lifestyle lines that name-check Chanel boots and Gucci sweaters, more in the lineage of his friends the City Girls, Nicki Minaj, and Cardi B. — Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 9 May 2022 The writers and the di rector try to force a little too much into the story, often just to lend unnecessary sympathy to the brash, bold central character. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 In this latest 30 for 30 documentary, directors Jason Hehir and Thomas Odelfelt focus on the career of a brash and flashy golf superstar in Norman, whose career was largely shaped by an epic collapse at The Masters golf tournament in 1996. — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022 Last year saw a brash of organized criminal gangs targeting high-end retail stores in smash-and-grab robberies up and down the Golden State. — David Aaro, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2022 While the Dodgers have the corporate veneer of baseball’s IBM, the Padres — fueled by stars Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr., both of Dominican descent — embody the brash, ambitious, convention-bucking strut of a software startup. — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021 The move even briefly fueled speculation that the two might form a ticket — him the brash, unpredictable New York billionaire; her the snowmobile-drivin’, moose-huntin’ Mama Grizzly from Wasilla. — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022 Our brash, ambitious, Selena Meyer-esque protagonist, Rep. Nancy Harrison (D-NY) is a liberal politician of a familiar sort: both likable and not. — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022 Ullman is a brash, irreverent English comic and actress, a veteran of London theatrical productions and two BBC comedy series. — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022 See More

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