How to Use brazen in a Sentence

brazen

1 of 2 adjective

• He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.
• The brazen sounds of the city’s brass bands were muted.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2022
• In fact, many birds are quite skilled at bold and brazen theft.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• But this latest strike was the most direct and brazen yet.
  — Neri Zilber, Vox, 25 Apr. 2018
• The brazen driver that opts for a rolling stop does a proverbial head fake about the stop sign.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• The beats are brazen and the bars are even more poisonously potent.
  — Scott Glaysher, Billboard, 30 June 2018
• The flyers are a clear sign of how brazen far-right groups have become.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
• The arrangement may have been too brazen even for the Donald.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Some of the Twitter accounts were even more brazen and had been up for years.
  — Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
• The pop single proves an anthem for brazen summer love.
  — Kara Lewis, anne Kniggendorf,, kansascity.com, 13 June 2017
• And the lies keep getting more brazen, which is what dictators do.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 14 Mar. 2022
• In body-swap comedies, the acting is its own kind of brazen put-on fun.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
• He was relieved to have it back, but also proud of his brazen acts of weirdness.
  — Joseph Goodman, al, 22 Feb. 2022
• The more brazen simply walked uncovered in the streets, risking ten years in prison.
  — The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
• As the last few speakers died, Tapi shared a brazen plan with his father.
  — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
• That’s a fairly brazen promise that hints at shenanigans to come.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 May 2022
• The guys are keenly aware of this, which makes Otherness all the more brazen.
  — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 10 Mar. 2022
• The brazen expressions and actions of hate and contempt for others.
  — John D'anna, azcentral, 7 Aug. 2019
• The thefts and subsequent sales were brazen and numerous.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
• The brazen move had people second guessing whether @ms.stephaniee.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2018
• But what Harden is attempting might be the most brazen move yet.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020
• Gumball makers may have pulled of the most brazen act of shrinkflation.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 25 June 2021
• The brazen knockoffs, in addition to the coat’s ubiquity, are a turnoff to some.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
• Dozens of shoppers and workers at Petland saw the brazen theft unfold.
  — Jared Gilmour, sacbee, 16 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Where was his father then, that Toby could be so brazen?
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2020
• The brazen daytime attack occurred as dozens of people were outside the shoe store and at a nearby bus stop.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• The brazen pop move was not good at all, but not worthy of a 0.0.
  — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
• 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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brazen

2 of 2 verb

• They are brazen in their desire to keep people away from the polls.
  — Errin Haines, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2020
• There are worse things than hypocrisy, and Pelosi will brazen through this.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
• Boylan said that the harassment grew more brazen over time.
  — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2021
• In the case of this series, the whopper the guy tells is especially brazen.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 9 Feb. 2022
• Langley, for his part, tried to brazen his way through the brouhaha.
  — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• Attacks on law enforcement are brazen and rattling to any sense of order.
  — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• The early April shooting was brazen even for a community that has been wracked by gun violence for decades.
  — Charles Rabin, miamiherald, 7 May 2018
• We can be appalled by these brazen shrink-the-electorate tactics, but we can’t really be shocked by them.
  — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 3 Nov. 2020
• That Baku would extend this project to its new dominions is brazen but unsurprising.
  — Simon Maghakyan, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
• Neo-Nazis—at least those not brazen enough to wear a swastika—tend to opt for less recognizable symbols.
  — Tom Birkett, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2021
• And neither the Saudis, nor anyone else, would have dared do something so brazen and disreputable again.
  — Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 3 June 2020
• Once everyone packed into the car — as flashy as the coyotes are brazen — the family sped off, to attempt the perilous crossing once again.
  — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2021
• Iran's actions in open waters have grown increasingly brazen.
  — Oren Liebermann, CNN, 6 Aug. 2021
• Smith, the Philadelphia detective, said the shootings are as brutal as they are brazen.
  — CBS News, 11 Oct. 2021
• And furious on your behalf at your in-laws’ brazen emotional trespassing.
  — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2022
• Bourgoin’s lies ran the spectrum from pointless little fictions to brazen fabulation.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
• And when the Monica Lewinsky scandal hit — boy, did Clinton brazen it out.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 July 2021
• The previous owners, come to find out, were brazen DIYers with a penchant for avant garde plumbing.
  — Clint Carter, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
• The menu is also brazen with rolls like the tuna chicharron ($24), made with crispy tuna skin.
  — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Mar. 2021
• These forces are often quiet instead of clownish; insidious, rather than brazen.
  — Clio Chang, The New Republic, 9 Jan. 2021
• The scheme itself was brazen, with rich parents paying to get their children accepted to selective universities as fake athletes.
  — Collin Binkley, ajc, 15 Jan. 2023
• The thieves were getting brazen at our little Dodge truck repair shop, stealing wheels, catalytic converters and sound systems.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
• Our distinct, rich, and brazen American Single Malt — the pinnacle of whiskey.
  — Emily Price, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• While violence has not been widespread, there have been brazen pop-up efforts at causing chaos, with limited police response.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 3 Nov. 2020
• Certainly, Palin’s equivocation on big issues can still be brazen.
  — T.a. Frank, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
• Officials have blamed much of that violence on gang members, who police believe have grown increasingly brazen in their willingness to open fire on groups of people.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2020
• 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
• Neither Russia nor China has qualms about selling weapons to even brazen human-rights violators.
  — Alexander Benard, WSJ, 1 July 2018
• This is a question, from mentor to mentee, that Liz asks of Carmen, the peculiar and brazen new junior associate, toward the end of this week’s episode.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 July 2021
• But Pure Barre charging job applicants a hefty training fee seems particularly brazen.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021

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