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 like it not," he said in his sober way, "for this Earl of Salisbury is a bold, brazen-faced fellow, and to my ears his voice rings not true.
From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan
He's sure to be a wild, brazen-faced fellow.”
From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas
And you, Antony, whom I have never injured by a word, why is it that, more brazen-faced than Catiline, more fierce than Clodius, you should attack me with your maledictions?
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
The insolence of the feudal women breaks out diabolically in the triumphant two-horned bonnet and other brazen-faced fashions.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules
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