How do you use Chutzpah in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hutzpah or crust, plus the exact meaning.
Chutzpah in a sentence
Chutzpah meaning
Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion.
Synonyms of Chutzpah
Using Chutzpah
- The main meaning on this page is: Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion.
- Useful related words include: chutzpa, hutzpah, crust, gall.
- In the example corpus, chutzpah often appears in combinations such as: the chutzpah, of chutzpah, chutzpah to.
Context around Chutzpah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chutzpah
- In this selection, "chutzpah" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, see, israeli, requires, wednesday, dripping and bisected stand out and add context to how "chutzpah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include almost see chutzpah dripping from and and israeli chutzpah. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chutzpah" sits close to words such as abdollahian, abergavenny and abounded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chutzpah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The chief smiled at the lieutenant’s chutzpah. (8 words)
Having the chutzpah to properly go all out? (8 words)
One can almost see chutzpah dripping from his words. (9 words)
One of the fielders who this shot of breathtaking chutzpah bisected was England captain Joe Root, who could be seen lying down on the ground: a cricketer literally and figuratively brought to the floor by the simple majesty of Smith. (40 words)
The next session in the series will take place on Monday 23 March at 21.00, featuring Inbal Arieli, an influential Israeli entrepreneur, speaker and author of “Chutzpah: Why Israel Is a Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. (37 words)
As if this weren’t an outrageous enough display of chutzpah, MK Yorai Lahav Hertzanu, from opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party, jumped onto and over the table, lunging at Rothman while berating him. (36 words)
Having the chutzpah to properly go all out? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
As if this weren’t an outrageous enough display of chutzpah, MK Yorai Lahav Hertzanu, from opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party, jumped onto and over the table, lunging at Rothman while berating him.
But what he does have is chutzpah and, apparently, a whole bunch of bottles of Trump water lying around.
Having ignited the Civil War, these Southerners had the chutzpah to call it the War of Northern Aggression.
Hunter Biden showed he has his father’s chutzpah Wednesday when he blew off a congressional subpoena to hold a woe-is-me press conference on Capitol Hill.
One can almost see chutzpah dripping from his words.
And of course the whole thing was carried off with such chutzpah that you could let slide some of its more portentous posturing.
It’s a bit rich and shows a bucketload of chutzpah to lecture other parties about their spending when he spent the money to create the debt.
The British-Israeli, 28, has been described as an Ed Sheeran fan, London Zoo enthusiast, foodie and Spurs supporter, with a mixed sense of classic British humour and “Israeli chutzpah”.
When he moved into the White House, Biden placed a portrait of his hero Franklin Delano Roosevelt above the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office—an act chiefly of chutzpah.
He’s redefined the old joke’s definition of “chutzpah” — the one about the youth who murdered his parents, then asked the court for mercy because he is an orphan.
It requires chutzpah to join a brutal occupation force halfway across the world, spend years promoting it and when called on it claim you are the victim.
Or maybe I’m deluded, and this caper has been going on for centuries and it’s only now we have the chutzpah to talk about it.
Sparkling with chutzpah and charm, Schnurmacher will highlight the story of his family’s cultural collision and delightful dysfunction.
The chief smiled at the lieutenant’s chutzpah.
The next session in the series will take place on Monday 23 March at 21.00, featuring Inbal Arieli, an influential Israeli entrepreneur, speaker and author of “Chutzpah: Why Israel Is a Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship”.
After watching many tutorials and practicing he had the chutzpah to take to the streets of Montreal and carved out a spot along the popular St. Catherine Street.
Having the chutzpah to properly go all out?
In other words, boasting of half-knowledge should be done with humility, and not the chutzpah of an all-knowing one.
Nicolas Pepe (below) should certainly add a bit of chutzpah in attack, while Dani Ceballos will supply craft once he comes to terms with the intensity.
One of the fielders who this shot of breathtaking chutzpah bisected was England captain Joe Root, who could be seen lying down on the ground: a cricketer literally and figuratively brought to the floor by the simple majesty of Smith.
Common combinations with chutzpah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the chutzpah 9×
- of chutzpah 6×
- chutzpah to 6×
- chutzpah and 4×
- chutzpah of 4×
- chutzpah in 2×