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
Never since I was born did I ever see sic brazen-faced impudence!
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
She is a marvellous actress, and without exception the most brazen-faced woman I ever beheld, and that is saying a great deal.
From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny
Hewers of wood and drawers of water, princes and potentates, shy-shrinking maidens and brazen-faced hussies, all saying, "I am going to be married."
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack
It struck him that this brazen-faced giant might be useful, later on.
From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by Greusel, John Hubert
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