INSOLENT in a Sentence
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88 example sentences for INSOLENT, such as:
1. And some of them are so insolent.
2. Or as full of lazy insolent flies.
3. I'll make you suffer for this insolence.
4. When Mr. Pontellier became rude, Edna grew insolent.
5. His manner was quiet, and at times a little insolent.
2. Or as full of lazy insolent flies.
3. I'll make you suffer for this insolence.
4. When Mr. Pontellier became rude, Edna grew insolent.
5. His manner was quiet, and at times a little insolent.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of INSOLENT
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insolent
a. marked by casual disrespect
a. unrestrained by convention or propriety
Classic Sentence: (85 in 6 pages)
1 Or as full of lazy insolent flies.
2 She had gathered, also, that some of the free negroes were getting quite insolent.
3 This last she could hardly believe, for she had never seen an insolent negro in her life.
4 They were impudent looking, Scarlett agreed, for they stared at her in an insolent manner, but she forgot them in the renewed shock of seeing blue uniforms.
5 And some of them are so insolent.
6 The negroes she passed turned insolent grins at her and laughed among themselves as she hurried by, slipping and sliding in the mud, stopping, panting to replace her slippers.
7 They deserved killing, these insolent, ignorant, arrogant conquerors.
8 She did not hesitate to display arrogance to her new Republican and Scallawag friends but to no class was she ruder or more insolent than the Yankee officers of the garrison and their families.
9 She had almost forgotten her early desire to entrap him into loving her, so she could hold the whip over his insolent black head.
10 When Mr. Pontellier became rude, Edna grew insolent.
11 His manner was quiet, and at times a little insolent.
12 Wherever he went in camp, he would encounter insolent and lingeringly cruel stares.
13 He glared with insolent command at his friend, but the latter answered soothingly.
14 The men were in despair at this, and Eurylochus at once gave me an insolent answer.
15 I am much shocked about what you have said about the insolent way in which the suitors are behaving in despite of such a man as you are.
Example Sentence:
1 The gift and endearment cannot make me forget your earlier insolence.
2 How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of your insolence.
3 I'll make you suffer for this insolence.