Example Sentences

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She wasn’t allowed in the edit, and he had final cut; the artist’s narcissism, brattishness and self-mythologising are on full display, and endearingly so.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2020

Just more indulgence for a player who ticks all the boxes of brattishness.

From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2016

She is the only one who realizes that Cersei’s absence isn’t just the inflated brattishness of a pampered noblewoman but an honest-to-the-Seven-Gods portent of doom.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2016

In reality, it's hard to learn anything in 12 hours, especially when that thing involves permanently expunging the wild streak of brattishness that has become an indelible part of your DNA.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2014

She is especially vigilant for the first signs of the brattishness that sometimes afflicts children.

From Time Magazine Archive