How do you use Brazen in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like audacious or defy, plus the exact meaning.
Brazen meaning
- Made of brass.
- Brass-like in appearance or character; bright, ruddy, hard.
- Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
Synonyms of Brazen
Using Brazen
- The main meaning on this page is: Made of brass. | Brass-like in appearance or character; bright, ruddy, hard. | Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
- Useful related words include: audacious, defy, copper-base alloy, unashamed.
- In the example corpus, brazen often appears in combinations such as: the brazen, brazen and, in brazen.
Context around Brazen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Brazen
- In this selection, "brazen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pretty, incredibly, uncovered, beau, attack and snatch stand out and add context to how "brazen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit brazen to declare and a brazen snatch and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "brazen" sits close to words such as addis, bailout and bittersweet, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with brazen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Let's not get too brazen, here. (7 words)
Eventually, teams will get more brazen about it. (8 words)
He called it a “brazen electoral-rigging strategy”. (8 words)
In a release, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Javice “engaged in a brazen scheme" to defraud the acquiring financial company by fabricating data to support lies she told in a bid to make tens of millions of dollars from the sale of her company. (45 words)
And given the state court’s brazen step of deciding to reconsider the matter right after a change in its political makeup, people concerned with democracy should be just as wary of where voting rights are headed. (37 words)
A brazen snatch-and-grab sunglasses theft operation that hit several stores in SF and the East Bay has brought three-year prison sentences for two Contra Costa County men in their early 20s. (34 words)
It’s disgusting and brazen, you know who you are! (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Pretty Brazen is by Brazen Beau and is a half-sister to Sertorious and also Dollar For Dollar, which McEvoy trained.
A brazen snatch-and-grab sunglasses theft operation that hit several stores in SF and the East Bay has brought three-year prison sentences for two Contra Costa County men in their early 20s.
A man has died and a killer is on the loose after a brazen gangland assassination in broad daylight in Sydney's west.
A mother in Mexico shielded her son from a brazen bear that jumped up on their picnic table and helped itself to their food — inches away from them.
And given the state court’s brazen step of deciding to reconsider the matter right after a change in its political makeup, people concerned with democracy should be just as wary of where voting rights are headed.
Catherine Stefani, a member of the San Francisco board of supervisors, said the brazen attacks on the women were deeply troubling, and called for police to increase their patrols.
David Johnston, who represents the organization, said: 'These acts are occurring more openly and thieves have become more brazen and aggressive in stealing merchandise.
Detective Inspector Ray Ascott said: “This is a shocking and incredibly brazen attack and we are working tirelessly to identify and locate who is responsible.
Each time he seems to get a little bit more maybe aggressive or brazen in his actions.
Even though the two audits conducted of ExxonMobil’s expenses to date have uncovered brazen acts of abuse, the company will not be facing any penalty.
Eventually, teams will get more brazen about it.
For such a brazen and bold figure, he’s certainly now hidden — removing his LinkedIn profile and causing GT to shut off all comments on its social media channels.
He called it a “brazen electoral-rigging strategy”.
Imu is a person whose identity should not be known to anyone at any cost, however, they showed themselves in a rather brazen manner without any worry for consequences.
In a release, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Javice “engaged in a brazen scheme" to defraud the acquiring financial company by fabricating data to support lies she told in a bid to make tens of millions of dollars from the sale of her company.
It’s disgusting and brazen, you know who you are!
It was yet another brazen attack on his superiors that baffled Gustafson.
It would be a bit brazen to declare it completely dead.
James Cummings’ impressive Bendigo debut winner Admitted, a granddaughter of Forensics, will give Blue Stratum something to catch, but McEvoy considers that Brazen Beau’s colt presence an advantage in the straight-track event.
Let's not get too brazen, here.
Common combinations with brazen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the brazen 38×
- brazen and 12×
- in brazen 12×
- brazen attack 10×
- more brazen 8×
- as brazen 8×
- brazen in 7×
- and brazen 7×
- his brazen 7×
- of brazen 7×