Get to know Insolence better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like discourtesy or offence.
Insolence in a sentence
Insolence meaning
- Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude.
- Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
- The quality of being unusual or novel.
Synonyms of Insolence
Using Insolence
- The main meaning on this page is: Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude. | Insolent conduct or treatment; insult. | The quality of being unusual or novel.
- Useful related words include: discourtesy, offence, offense, rudeness.
- In the example corpus, insolence often appears in combinations such as: their insolence.
Context around Insolence
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Insolence
- In this selection, "insolence" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, legendary, problematic, characteristic and latona stand out and add context to how "insolence" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include again for insolence but could and at their insolence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "insolence" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with insolence
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They laughed and laughed while I pretended to take great umbrage at their insolence. (14 words)
Vladimir decided to chastise the insolence of his son and began gathering troops against him. (15 words)
With characteristic insolence, they attacked Herwegh personally when he was not there to defend himself. (15 words)
Now, because of their insolence, the league has to listen to Chad brag all year about how he got a steal in the fifth round because the homer let a sleeper wideout fall on the draft boards for their team’s third-rate slot receiver. (45 words)
She remained mistress of her maid, and might degrade her to slavery again for insolence, but could not sell her if she had borne her husband children. (27 words)
Last week, social media was buzzing like never before after did a story on Ghanaian nurses/midwives and statistics which back their ‘legendary’ insolence. (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
They laughed and laughed while I pretended to take great umbrage at their insolence.
Now, because of their insolence, the league has to listen to Chad brag all year about how he got a steal in the fifth round because the homer let a sleeper wideout fall on the draft boards for their team’s third-rate slot receiver.
Last week, social media was buzzing like never before after did a story on Ghanaian nurses/midwives and statistics which back their ‘legendary’ insolence.
Many television broadcasts featured Nkrumah himself, commenting for example on the problematic “insolence and laziness of boys and girls”.
Mercutio is offended by Tybalt's insolence, as well as Romeo's "vile submission", Romeo and Juliet, III.
She remained mistress of her maid, and might degrade her to slavery again for insolence, but could not sell her if she had borne her husband children.
To punish this insolence, Latona begs Apollo and Artemis to avenge her against Niobe and to uphold her honor.
Vladimir decided to chastise the insolence of his son and began gathering troops against him.
With characteristic insolence, they attacked Herwegh personally when he was not there to defend himself.
Common combinations with insolence
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: