Explore Audacity through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like audaciousness or boldness. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Audacity in a sentence
Audacity meaning
- Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
- Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
Synonyms of Audacity
Using Audacity
- The main meaning on this page is: Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional. | Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
- Useful related words include: audaciousness, boldness, face, brass.
- In the example corpus, audacity often appears in combinations such as: the audacity, audacity to, audacity of.
Context around Audacity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Audacity
- In this selection, "audacity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sheer and question stand out and add context to how "audacity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include canvassing the audacity of his and for the audacity of winning. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "audacity" sits close to words such as acupuncture, aero and ahl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with audacity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There was an audacity about him, even as a kid. (10 words)
He asked if they had the audacity to be disappointed. (10 words)
I gotta say though, the sheer audacity of this tin can menace is borderline amusing. (15 words)
Obama had the audacity to attack and ridicule Sen. Scott for not buying into the victimhood lie, often perpetuated by the Democratic Party, that minorities can’t reach their maximum potential in this land of opportunity because of discrimination. (39 words)
We write because a Governor in Douglas House Imo State had the audacity to tell Ndi Imo that the Governorship seat he held since 2020, is in his hands and Ndi Imo can’t take it away from him. (39 words)
Also, of all the candidates only one candidate has been seamlessly strident in canvassing the audacity of his pedigree and regards for facts and figures for which he has repeatedly beckoned on Nigerians to “go and verify”. (37 words)
Imagine the audacity of using a dirty bedsheet to disguise figures, and plucking numbers from the air while voiding legitimate votes! (21 words)
Raven revealed they spoke two weeks ago – and he had the audacity to ask if she’d want to rekindle their romance again after everything! (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Against this backdrop, Timmons had the audacity to attend Scott’s prayer breakfast in Washington, D.C. (where he has moved his mistress to be closer to him).
Also, of all the candidates only one candidate has been seamlessly strident in canvassing the audacity of his pedigree and regards for facts and figures for which he has repeatedly beckoned on Nigerians to “go and verify”.
I gotta say though, the sheer audacity of this tin can menace is borderline amusing.
Imagine the audacity of using a dirty bedsheet to disguise figures, and plucking numbers from the air while voiding legitimate votes!
In order for Hashem to defeat the power of Pharaoh and Mizrayim and take us out of our predicament, He had to both overthrow the audacity of Pharaoh and elevate the spiritual sanctity of Israel at once.
Mr Hoy said tonight:“Michael Matheson has belatedly been shamed into repaying a bill that he had the audacity to expect the taxpayer to foot.
Obama had the audacity to attack and ridicule Sen. Scott for not buying into the victimhood lie, often perpetuated by the Democratic Party, that minorities can’t reach their maximum potential in this land of opportunity because of discrimination.
Other times, the systems are revered for the sheer audacity and ambition of what they attempted, even though they missed the mark.
Raven revealed they spoke two weeks ago – and he had the audacity to ask if she’d want to rekindle their romance again after everything!
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is not just another journalist; he is a symbol of audacity in the face of adversity.
The audacity of that approach is something Chase seems to have picked up from Serling as well.
There was an audacity about him, even as a kid.
They had had the audacity to launch the embarrassment virus with millions of fatalities as collateral damage.
Though as the Mediterranean burns like a roman candle every summer these last few years, that’s perhaps the definition of the "audacity of hope".
To have the audacity question such narratives would often see a student shunned as a ‘phobe’ or ‘ist’ of sorts in accordance to the syllabus and its related ‘learning resources’.
We write because a Governor in Douglas House Imo State had the audacity to tell Ndi Imo that the Governorship seat he held since 2020, is in his hands and Ndi Imo can’t take it away from him.
Annabelle said she can't believe Maddie has 'the audacity' to ask Steph not to tell her partner Jack what she did.
Crimes like these were insidiously compounded by the embargo that Western nations placed on Haiti as punishment for the audacity of winning its own freedom from outside domination and slavery in 1804.
First we heard from the leader in Scotland, Russell Findlay, who had the audacity to slam the UK Government’s Budget, considering the economic shambles his Conservative government has left the country in.
He asked if they had the audacity to be disappointed.
Common combinations with audacity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the audacity 64×
- audacity to 50×
- audacity of 23×
- and audacity 8×
- audacity and 5×
- of audacity 4×
- his audacity 4×
- sheer audacity 2×
- audacity as 2×
- is audacity 2×