How to Use brazen in a Sentence
brazen
adjective
- He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.
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The brazen sounds of the city’s brass bands were muted.
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Xander Peters,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Mar. 2022
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There was the brazen shooting of 79-year-old Jose Quirin.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2023
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In fact, many birds are quite skilled at bold and brazen theft.
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New York Times,
6 Aug. 2021
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The brazen pop move was not good at all, but not worthy of a 0.0.
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Dan Deluca,
Philly.com,
11 May 2018
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The brazen raid, coupled with the high death toll, raised the prospect of further bloodshed.
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Aref Tufaha and Josef Federman,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2023
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But this latest strike was the most direct and brazen yet.
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Neri Zilber,
Vox,
25 Apr. 2018
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The brazen driver that opts for a rolling stop does a proverbial head fake about the stop sign.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
7 Apr. 2021
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The flyers are a clear sign of how brazen far-right groups have become.
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Tori Otten,
The New Republic,
12 July 2023
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The arrangement may have been too brazen even for the Donald.
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Sam Dangremond,
Town & Country,
8 Feb. 2018
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In body-swap comedies, the acting is its own kind of brazen put-on fun.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
2 Dec. 2023
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Some of the Twitter accounts were even more brazen and had been up for years.
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Elizabeth Dwoskin,
The Seattle Times,
25 Sep. 2018
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As the last few speakers died, Tapi shared a brazen plan with his father.
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Washington Post,
6 Oct. 2020
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The guys are keenly aware of this, which makes Otherness all the more brazen.
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Jason Pettigrew,
SPIN,
10 Mar. 2022
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The beats are brazen and the bars are even more poisonously potent.
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Scott Glaysher,
Billboard,
30 June 2018
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That’s why the recent, brazen theft of her 35-pound, road warrior bike hit her so hard.
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Diane Bell Columnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2020
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Popovich would prefer the Spurs to keep firing away from 3-point range, and be even more brazen about it.
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ExpressNews.com,
18 Dec. 2020
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The modern world is awash in Capones, but the most brazen don’t run brothels, guns or moonshine.
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Jay Newman,
WSJ,
14 Sep. 2017
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The brazen knockoffs, in addition to the coat’s ubiquity, are a turnoff to some.
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Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
10 Nov. 2023
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Mena, who’s known for her brazen beauty looks, went all out on her glam for the fancy fete.
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Jennifer Ford,
Essence,
26 Nov. 2019
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The more brazen simply walked uncovered in the streets, risking ten years in prison.
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The Economist,
28 Jan. 2020
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He was relieved to have it back, but also proud of his brazen acts of weirdness.
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Joseph Goodman,
al,
22 Feb. 2022
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And the lies keep getting more brazen, which is what dictators do.
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Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
14 Mar. 2022
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Peralta has not been charged in the brazen shooting of Ortiz in 2019.
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Travis Andersen,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Dec. 2022
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That’s a fairly brazen promise that hints at shenanigans to come.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
18 May 2022
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Where was his father then, that Toby could be so brazen?
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Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2020
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But what Harden is attempting might be the most brazen move yet.
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Ben Cohen,
WSJ,
9 Dec. 2020
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She was sentenced to two to six years in prison for her part in the brazen robbery, as reported by Fox5.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
19 Jan. 2023
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Two people now face murder charges in a brazen 2023 killing inside a restaurant in the heart of the downtown L.A.
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James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2024
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Over the course of her two albums — 2020’s The Baby and last year’s Honey — Samia has cemented herself as one of indie rock’s most poignant and brazen songwriters.
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Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2024
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