impudence
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back talk, backchat, cheek, impertinence, insolence, mouth, sass, sauce
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The duo has stepped out of retirement to commemorate the day 50 years ago when CBS canceled their show over their political impudence. — Washington Post, "The Smothers Brothers mark their CBS firing 50 years ago," 29 July 2019 Flynn gives Pascal a reckless impudence, all but reveling in his status as the ne'er-do-well boyfriend. — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Jessie Buckley flirts with danger in the tense, uneven British thriller 'Beast'," 10 May 2018 In Brazil’s first two games at the World Cup both the USSR and Scotland had the temerity to score first, though they would be suitably punished for their impudence. — SI.com, "World Cup Countdown: 9 Days to Go - What if Paolo Rossi Had Still Been Banned?," 5 June 2018 But Endicott begins to see that the black homicide detective from Philadelphia has the impudence to suspect him of the crime. — Walter Mosley, The Hollywood Reporter, "Walter Mosley on 'In the Heat of the Night' at 50: Does Mister Tibbs Still Matter?," 1 Mar. 2018 In perhaps the greatest impudence, at the idiosyncratic San Francisco supper club Lazy Bear, diners receive a crock of bone marrow fondue, while Vicia takes a meta approach, pairing root vegetables with pesto made from their leaves. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, "The Golden Age of Crudités," 8 Feb. 2018 The normal tensions a president experiences with independent actors, like the media and law enforcement, strike Trump as unforgivable impudence. — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Democracy Has Survived a Year of Trump. But the Fight Isn’t Over.," 23 Jan. 2018 Pinocchio is sung here by the perky soprano Chloé Briot, who infuses the role with gangly, attention-deficient impudence. — Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim, New York Times, "Review: ‘Pinocchio,’ the Opera, Is a Hit for a Renovated Theater," 7 Sep. 2017 That kind of female impudence was too much for Gingrich to bear. — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, "Fox News on the losing side of this culture war," 5 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'impudence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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