brazen-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of brazen-faced
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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"How brazen-faced can a man be?" fumed Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, speaker of the Iranian parliament.
From Time Magazine Archive
I consequently trust that you will find some way to suppress your brazen-faced protégé.
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
I moved on towards St. Peter's, and he still kept guard there as brazen-faced as ever.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
Do you mean to tell us that she was brazen-faced enough to confess such a thing?
From The Man Without a Memory by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
Hewers of wood and drawers of water, princes and potentates, shy-shrinking maidens and brazen-faced hussies, all saying, "I am going to be married."
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by Jack London
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