Example Sentences

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Know that Fortune is light and inconstant; A deceiver who delights in cruel reverses; She is seen to abuse the wise man, the vulgar Insolently playing with all this weak universe.

From Frederick the Great and His Family by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.

Insolently and brutally he refuses, as fools are wont to do. 

From True Words for Brave Men by Kingsley, Charles

Insolently, he said to Annie: "You might as well own up—you've played a trick on us all."

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Klein, Charles

Insolently the interpreter related the story of the attack, and a rustle of surprise and delight ran through the troop.

From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello

Insolently, Davis got up and looked at the oxygen indicator set in the wall.

From The Star Lord by Ellanby, Boyd