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
I moved on towards St. Peter's, and he still kept guard there as brazen-faced as ever.
From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard
“Well, of all the brazen-faced men I’ve ever met—” she began.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
I've seen two or three poachers in my time, but for brazen-faced lyin' I've never seen your match.
From Young Barbarians by Maclaren, Ian
And he has the brazen-faced assurance to say, that the first image he had of Almanzor, in the "Conquest of Grenada," was from the Achilles of Homer!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
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