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Temerity in a sentence
Temerity meaning
- Reckless boldness; foolish bravery.
- An act or case of reckless boldness.
- Effrontery; impudence.
Using Temerity
- The main meaning on this page is: Reckless boldness; foolish bravery. | An act or case of reckless boldness. | Effrontery; impudence.
- Useful related words include: audacity, audaciousness, boldness, daring.
- In the example corpus, temerity often appears in combinations such as: temerity to, the temerity.
Context around Temerity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 15 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Temerity
- In this selection, "temerity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, farm stand out and add context to how "temerity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at such temerity she falls and had the temerity to bait. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "temerity" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with temerity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Instead of raging at such temerity, she falls gratefully into his arms. (12 words)
Yet, the very same week, Bowen had the temerity to claim that stopping new projects would be “irresponsible”. (18 words)
So Halla-Aho was found guilty, in other words, partly he’d had the temerity to bait Illman. (18 words)
After the pictures emerged, Mr Salem tweeted: “Boris Johnson had the temerity to come to Whipps Cross Hospital for a press opportunity on the children’s ward that my 7 day old daughter is on, having been admitted to A&E yesterday gravely ill. (44 words)
To make it worse, far-right politicians from Reform UK and the have had the temerity to indulge in the myth of a “two-tier” policing system, favouring Muslim and black protesters, to stir up anger among the rioters against the police. (42 words)
Lowe, one of the apologists for this government and its downright degradation of constitutional rule and the rule of law since the no-confidence vote, has some temerity to come parading this letter at this late stage when elections are upon us. (42 words)
But then she has the temerity to turn around and play the victim and try to take advantage of the rule of law in UK as though some horrible act has been committed against her? (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
And when later suspended by the Parliamentary Privileges Committee, they actually had the temerity to file a suit in the Courts, knowing full well that such matters are exclusively handled by Parliament.
An Orthodox rabbi who heads the Bnei David pre-military yeshiva program in the Jewish community of Eli, Levenstein has had the temerity to express his distaste and opposition to homosexuality.
First, there was Jessica Roberts (Rekha Sharma), who had the temerity to threaten Caligula in her ploy to escape Misty's basement.
One of the best places to farm Temerity by killing Drowned is the coastline between Hope's Light and Northshore in the Scosglen area of Overworld.
Then, with the temerity to suggest that yes, we are still in a drought though it may not feel like one, they tell us that maybe people can begin to use a little more water.
Yet, the very same week, Bowen had the temerity to claim that stopping new projects would be “irresponsible”.
Putin rightly perceived Navalny as a major threat and likely hated him for Navalny’s temerity to reveal to the world Putin’s immense corruption and his personal secrets (about his mistresses, for example).
To make it worse, far-right politicians from Reform UK and the have had the temerity to indulge in the myth of a “two-tier” policing system, favouring Muslim and black protesters, to stir up anger among the rioters against the police.
Elumelu said: “The worsening security situation in the country under the current Service Chiefs has reached an unbearable state to the extent that insurgents have the temerity to attack the convoy of a state governor.
Instead of raging at such temerity, she falls gratefully into his arms.
After the pictures emerged, Mr Salem tweeted: “Boris Johnson had the temerity to come to Whipps Cross Hospital for a press opportunity on the children’s ward that my 7 day old daughter is on, having been admitted to A&E yesterday gravely ill.
But then she has the temerity to turn around and play the victim and try to take advantage of the rule of law in UK as though some horrible act has been committed against her?
Interestingly, a similar thing happened to a friend of mine — only her fraudsters had the temerity to have the food delivered to her address and intercept it en route from moped to front door.
Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli has also had the temerity to diverge, albeit ever so slightly, from Khamenei's version.
Lowe, one of the apologists for this government and its downright degradation of constitutional rule and the rule of law since the no-confidence vote, has some temerity to come parading this letter at this late stage when elections are upon us.
Now, if I may have the temerity to do so, let us move into the Adyton, the inner sanctum, of the Temple.
So Halla-Aho was found guilty, in other words, partly he’d had the temerity to bait Illman.
So, when the HRD Minister has the temerity to demand that all communication be made to him in Hindi, I feel a double or even a triple anger.
The Park Board had the temerity to spend taxpayer money on a concept of a four-hole golf center when the directive for Hiawatha Golf Course clearly stated a minimum of nine-hole golf.
Think, for example, of the disgraceful bullying campaign against Oxford's Regius Professor of Moral Theology, Nigel Biggar, after he had the temerity to suggest the British Empire wasn't entirely bad.
Common combinations with temerity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- temerity to 22×
- the temerity 20×