Effrontery Example Sentences

Definition:
shameless boldness : insolence

The little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips.

I was shocked by the mugger’s effrontery to kiss me after grabbing my bag.

When the defendant put his feet up on the table, the judge scolded him for his effrontery.

My cheating husband has the effrontery to accuse me of being disloyal to him.

Although I have an advanced degree in business, my boss still had the effrontery to ask me to bring him coffee.

William’s wife had the effrontery to bring her lover to the family Christmas party.

After eating two steak dinners, Charles had the effrontery to tell the waitress he was broke.

While Matt may have enjoyed dancing on top of the table, the bar owner was not pleased with his effrontery and banned him from the bar.

The two policemen laughed at the effrontery of the criminal who tried to disguise himself by dressing as a woman.

When the speaker stripped down to his underwear, everyone in the audience was shocked at his effrontery.

In a show of effrontery, the politician offered to wash the cars of all donors who contributed at least fifty thousand dollars to his campaign.

He has the same imperturbable and persuasive effrontery in protesting that he is doing one thing at the moment when his energies are concentrated on doing the opposite.

He had the effrontery to accuse me of stealing her pen.

He had learned well that effrontery is often the best weapon of an adventurer.

"You have the unspeakable effrontery to stand there and admit it."

"You may judge of my astonishment," His Majesty wrote, "at his effrontery in accusing you."

This was sheer effrontery of Macmillan when he was the one who was destroying democracy.

He stood close to her, and the effrontery in his eyes repelled the old, vanishing self in her, yet drew all her awakening sensuousness.

It consisted of enormous voids of stone catch-basins sometimes surrounded by stone posts, with monumental effrontery.

And he stared at Marius intently with his epic effrontery.

Twisting his mustache, he let his gaze travel up and down the shrinking queen with an effrontery that made her wince.