cockiness
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
A soldier who trained alongside him at the Army Foundation College, in Harrogate, told the BBC Khalife stood out for his cockiness, arrogance and over-confidence.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
It was a mixture of cockiness and exasperation as if to say, “That’s enough. This game needs to be done.”
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024
The first, Hodges recalled, was a certain cockiness.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023
Call it cockiness, call it a horrendous case of the big head, but there was no one else like him.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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