How to Use chutzpah in a Sentence

chutzpah

noun
  • In the meantime, the Spurs will look to add smarts to their chutzpah.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Oct. 2021
  • That’s the chutzpah that drives some House Democrats crazy.
    Chad Pergram, Fox News, 24 June 2017
  • His passion for film and is what gives him the drive and the chutzpah to make such the movie.
    John Baldoni, Forbes, 20 June 2022
  • Google’s plan to buy Fitbit took chutzpah from the start.
    Wired, 13 Nov. 2019
  • No other rock stars had the chutzpah to put their moms on MTV.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Ginsburg is known for her chutzpah both in and out of the courtroom.
    Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 6 June 2017
  • Storyteller with a gift of gab and a whole lot of chutzpah.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But how many of them have the drive, the smarts, the chutzpah — and the talent — to turn into a Barbara Stanwyck?
    Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The fearless Wong has a sense of chutzpah that's more charming than off-putting.
    Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021
  • A few weeks later, the Bears coach showed his think-big chutzpah with a grand request.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Even Moriarty might not have had the chutzpah to pull that off.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • There is a spirit of old-fashioned Hollywood chutzpah, of putting on a show for the tired folks at home.
    Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Jan. 2023
  • There's a Yiddish word for what Trump is doing: chutzpah.
    Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 25 June 2018
  • The fury at this, well, chutzpah is palpable and widespread.
    Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • The sheer chutzpah and body count of Infinity War knocks us for a loop, and this malaise will last until the good guys come through in Avengers 4.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2018
  • That gives it more cachet, chutzpah, more glamour again in a funny way.
    Merrill Fabry, Time, 11 Jan. 2018
  • A little pride, a little chutzpah changed the tenor on the court from frazzled and small to proud and intentional.
    Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Who either lack the punk rock chutzpah to drink each other’s blood, or possess the discretion not to talk about it.
    Vulture, 12 Jan. 2022
  • To write the above sentence as a product of suburban New Jersey takes no small amount of chutzpah.
    Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2018
  • And the concept alone is so bold and daring, its creators deserve hosannas for having the chutzpah to even try it.
    Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • That said, the AMG E63 still enjoys being stroked to the limit and greatly rewards drivers who have enough chutzpah to get it there.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2022
  • And coming from Sharon Stone, the person whose photo is next to chutzpah in the dictionary, this means something.
    Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, 16 Oct. 2018
  • But few managers match Cash's ability to push the right buttons – or his chutzpah to defend the moves that go sideways.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Here’s how Eugenia ended up designing — and thriving in — millinery, thanks to a lot of chutzpah and a very open mind.
    Alexandra Ilyashov, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
  • While not all of us can pull off clashing patterns with the same chutzpah as SJP/Carrie, a bold mix-and-match spirit is certainly in the air.
    André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 22 June 2023
  • With this hypocrisy, the PA offers the hottest manifestation of chutzpah.
    WSJ, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Even the most robust encryption is no match for thieves with enough resources, patience and chutzpah.
    James Beecham, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • It’s gripping at every turn, but reading about him left me torn: I was put off by his arrogance but pulled in by the sheer chutzpah of the effort.
    Eva Holland, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Call it a juggling act, a triumph in diplomacy, a vision gone right, or sheer chutzpah.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This calls to mind a classic Brooklyn expression: chutzpah.
    Zellnor Myrie, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2024

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