brazen-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
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
They naturally became each day more lazy and dissolute; and little Julia more bold and brazen-faced.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Charles Loring Brace
She is a brazen-faced giantess who is in friendship with devils, but she is a good-looking woman.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
He's sure to be a wild, brazen-faced fellow.”
From Royal Highness by Thomas Mann
She steadfastly answered that she would never speak ill of anybody; but the girl was a brazen-faced wench, and he was no better.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
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