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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The hope for the Charge is that their lines will come in waves with speed and an in-your-face style that can knock the Frost off their game.
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Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 20 May 2025
What really changed for Bobrovsky was the Panthers went from a run-and-gun offensive team to an in-your-face defensive team under coach Paul Maurice.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
There are two radical, in-your-face EVs in the U.S.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
IndieWire has talked to people who loved or hated the film, with rarely any opinion in between and certainly never without a strong response of some kind from anyone — whether out of boredom or raptures over Aster’s in-your-face replay of our worst COVID-times memories.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
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Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 20 May 2025
What really changed for Bobrovsky was the Panthers went from a run-and-gun offensive team to an in-your-face defensive team under coach Paul Maurice.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
There are two radical, in-your-face EVs in the U.S.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
IndieWire has talked to people who loved or hated the film, with rarely any opinion in between and certainly never without a strong response of some kind from anyone — whether out of boredom or raptures over Aster’s in-your-face replay of our worst COVID-times memories.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
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“In-your-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-your-face. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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