Example sentences for: temerity

How can you use “temerity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Second-day stories in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times let the Hollywood establishment lash out at Miramax capo Harvey Weinstein, who had the temerity to take the Best Picture Oscar away from Steven Spielberg.

  • She also had the temerity to state that at 49 the list was close to a close.

  • Lord Voldemort (whose name is never uttered by wizards with less temerity than Harry and Dumbledore) is, like Darth Vader or Milton's Satan, a classic rebel angel, undone by his lust for power.

  • In the days of the Aquino administration, there was one official in fact who--to justify his purchase of electric massage pillows--had the temerity to say 'we are a rich country pretending to be poor.

  • What is surprising is the temerity of running an article titled "The Clintons and the Mob" when the "mobster" in question has neither been convicted of nor indicted for racketeering.


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