brazen-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- brazen-facedly adverb
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
He suddenly discovered that he hated every desk, every book, and the brazen-faced fixtures.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.
Brown, I regard your address, under all the circumstances, as a display of the most brazen-faced assurance and the most unmitigated impudence I ever met with in my life!
From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by Brownlow, William Gannaway
I moved on towards St. Peter's, and he still kept guard there as brazen-faced as ever.
From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard
“Well, of all the brazen-faced men I’ve ever met—” she began.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
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