How to Use brazen in a Sentence

brazen

adjective

• He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.
• The brazen sounds of the city’s brass bands were muted.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2022
• There was the brazen shooting of 79-year-old Jose Quirin.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023
• In fact, many birds are quite skilled at bold and brazen theft.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• The brazen pop move was not good at all, but not worthy of a 0.0.
  — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
• The brazen raid, coupled with the high death toll, raised the prospect of further bloodshed.
  — Aref Tufaha and Josef Federman, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
• But this latest strike was the most direct and brazen yet.
  — Neri Zilber, Vox, 25 Apr. 2018
• The brazen driver that opts for a rolling stop does a proverbial head fake about the stop sign.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• The flyers are a clear sign of how brazen far-right groups have become.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
• The arrangement may have been too brazen even for the Donald.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2018
• In body-swap comedies, the acting is its own kind of brazen put-on fun.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
• Some of the Twitter accounts were even more brazen and had been up for years.
  — Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
• As the last few speakers died, Tapi shared a brazen plan with his father.
  — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
• The guys are keenly aware of this, which makes Otherness all the more brazen.
  — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 10 Mar. 2022
• The beats are brazen and the bars are even more poisonously potent.
  — Scott Glaysher, Billboard, 30 June 2018
• That’s why the recent, brazen theft of her 35-pound, road warrior bike hit her so hard.
  — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
• Popovich would prefer the Spurs to keep firing away from 3-point range, and be even more brazen about it.
  — ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• The modern world is awash in Capones, but the most brazen don’t run brothels, guns or moonshine.
  — Jay Newman, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2017
• The brazen knockoffs, in addition to the coat’s ubiquity, are a turnoff to some.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
• Mena, who’s known for her brazen beauty looks, went all out on her glam for the fancy fete.
  — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 26 Nov. 2019
• The more brazen simply walked uncovered in the streets, risking ten years in prison.
  — The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
• He was relieved to have it back, but also proud of his brazen acts of weirdness.
  — Joseph Goodman, al, 22 Feb. 2022
• And the lies keep getting more brazen, which is what dictators do.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 14 Mar. 2022
• Peralta has not been charged in the brazen shooting of Ortiz in 2019.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• That’s a fairly brazen promise that hints at shenanigans to come.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 May 2022
• Where was his father then, that Toby could be so brazen?
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2020
• But what Harden is attempting might be the most brazen move yet.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020
• She was sentenced to two to six years in prison for her part in the brazen robbery, as reported by Fox5.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2023
• Two people now face murder charges in a brazen 2023 killing inside a restaurant in the heart of the downtown L.A.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Over the course of her two albums — 2020’s The Baby and last year’s Honey — Samia has cemented herself as one of indie rock’s most poignant and brazen songwriters.
  — Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024