Examples of brazen in a Sentence

Adjective He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings. a brazen demand for special treatment just because she's rich Verb a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective For his core group of collaborators, no project is too brazen, or too labor-intensive. — New York Times, 16 June 2022 The archbishop’s decision shows brazen disregard for Pope Francis and other Vatican officials who have warned U.S. bishops not to weaponize a holy sacrament. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022 And the lies keep getting more brazen, which is what dictators do. — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 14 Mar. 2022 San Francisco has dealt with a series of brazen robberies and retails going back to last year. — Fox News, 22 July 2022 Thousands of dollars worth of high-end bags were stolen from two Chanel stores within a span of 12 hours Wednesday, the latest brazen robberies of jewelry and fashion retailers around Southern California, authorities said. — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 21 July 2022 America’s Doctor is hoping for a quiet retirement, perhaps after a few more brazen lies and a few more adoring magazine-cover profiles. — Nate Hochman, National Review, 18 July 2022 At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, several council members referenced the shooting in remarks to police department leaders, saying the increasing regularity of such brazen violence calls for a more urgent response. — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2022 The anxiety is mounting as a growing list of potential rivals take increasingly brazen steps, delivering high-profile speeches, running ads, courting donors and making repeat visits to early voting states. — Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Certainly, Palin’s equivocation on big issues can still be brazen. — T.a. Frank, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 His actions were brazen, manipulative, controlling and coercive. — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 8 June 2022 On Wednesday, the wild, brazen Detroit publication launched a free digital archive, featuring every issue from its 20-year run (1969-1989) that features bylines by Lester Bangs, Patti Smith, Cameron Crowe, Dave Marsh, and more. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2022 Bourgoin’s lies ran the spectrum from pointless little fictions to brazen fabulation. — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022 But while there is an abundance of opportunity, there are just as many pitfalls awaiting the brand brazen enough to plunge headlong into filmmaking without putting the proper pieces in place. — Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Ukraine’s largest plaza, and the nucleus of public life in the city — was seen by many Ukrainians as brazen evidence that the Russian invasion wasn’t just about hitting military targets but also about breaking their spirit. — chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2022 In the case of this series, the whopper the guy tells is especially brazen. — Andy Meek, BGR, 9 Feb. 2022 Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said trigger-pullers in the city are becoming increasingly brazen, with shootings involving multiple victims becoming more common amid an overall rise in violent crime. — Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2022 See More

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