How to Use brazen in a Sentence
brazen
adjective- He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.
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That is why this is brazen and wrong.
—ABC News, 24 May 2026
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In fact, many birds are quite skilled at bold and brazen theft.
—New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
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But the thieves aren’t always so brazen.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
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But this week could bring what critics call the most brazen move yet.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
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At the same time, Friedmann was brazen.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Would Ballmer try something so brazen?
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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The flyers are a clear sign of how brazen far-right groups have become.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
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In body-swap comedies, the acting is its own kind of brazen put-on fun.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
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The brazen driver that opts for a rolling stop does a proverbial head fake about the stop sign.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
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The beats are brazen and the bars are even more poisonously potent.
—Scott Glaysher, Billboard, 30 June 2018
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Mena, who’s known for her brazen beauty looks, went all out on her glam for the fancy fete.
—Jennifer Ford, Essence, 26 Nov. 2019
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And the lies keep getting more brazen, which is what dictators do.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 14 Mar. 2022
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That brazen theft met with a scattering of protests that were quickly put down.
—Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
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That’s a fairly brazen promise that hints at shenanigans to come.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 May 2022
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As the last few speakers died, Tapi shared a brazen plan with his father.
—Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
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Some of the Twitter accounts were even more brazen and had been up for years.
—Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
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He was relieved to have it back, but also proud of his brazen acts of weirdness.
—Joseph Goodman, al, 22 Feb. 2022
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The brazen, silly grandeur of the piece was astounding.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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The brazen raid, coupled with the high death toll, raised the prospect of further bloodshed.
—Aref Tufaha and Josef Federman, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
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That is where things get especially brazen.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
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But what Harden is attempting might be the most brazen move yet.
—Ben Cohen, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020
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That’s why the recent, brazen theft of her 35-pound, road warrior bike hit her so hard.
—Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
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Gumball makers may have pulled of the most brazen act of shrinkflation.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 25 June 2021
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The guys are keenly aware of this, which makes Otherness all the more brazen.
—Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 10 Mar. 2022
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The more brazen simply walked uncovered in the streets, risking ten years in prison.
—The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
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But the mob was discreet compared to Trump’s brazen, boastful ways.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
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But a lot has changed since then, besides my brazen transformation from blonde to brunette.
—Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 26 Aug. 2022
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Officials say the scammers' schemes range from the savvy to the sloppy -- and all are brazen.
—ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
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One of the victims said the attack was brazen, random, and shouldn't have happened.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
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