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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Thank Loewe, Dior, Ralph Lauren, and Versace for supplying spring’s in-your-face inspiration.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2025
With its in-your-face flavor, this is not a shy side dish, though.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
With its insistent, obsessive patter, not to mention its unrelenting commitment to in-your-face vulgarity, Sherman’s comedy is hardly for everyone.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
His in-your-face, fastest-mouth-in-the-West presence was ahead of everyone, ahead of the whole culture.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2025
With its in-your-face flavor, this is not a shy side dish, though.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
With its insistent, obsessive patter, not to mention its unrelenting commitment to in-your-face vulgarity, Sherman’s comedy is hardly for everyone.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
His in-your-face, fastest-mouth-in-the-West presence was ahead of everyone, ahead of the whole culture.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Nov. 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 19 Dec. 2025.
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