INSOLENT in a Sentence

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88 example sentences for INSOLENT, such as:

1. And some of them are so insolent.
2. Or as full of lazy insolent flies.
3. I'll make you suffer for this insolence.
4. When Mr. Pontellier became rude, Edna grew insolent.
5. His manner was quiet, and at times a little insolent.

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 Meanings and Examples of INSOLENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
insolent
 a.  strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
Classic Sentence: (85 in 6 pages)
1  Or as full of lazy insolent flies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
2  She had gathered, also, that some of the free negroes were getting quite insolent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  This last she could hardly believe, for she had never seen an insolent negro in her life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
4  They were impudent looking, Scarlett agreed, for they stared at her in an insolent manner, but she forgot them in the renewed shock of seeing blue uniforms.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
5  And some of them are so insolent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  The negroes she passed turned insolent grins at her and laughed among themselves as she hurried by, slipping and sliding in the mud, stopping, panting to replace her slippers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
7  They deserved killing, these insolent, ignorant, arrogant conquerors.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  She did not hesitate to display arrogance to her new Republican and Scallawag friends but to no class was she ruder or more insolent than the Yankee officers of the garrison and their families.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
9  She had almost forgotten her early desire to entrap him into loving her, so she could hold the whip over his insolent black head.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
10  When Mr. Pontellier became rude, Edna grew insolent.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIX
11  His manner was quiet, and at times a little insolent.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXV
12  Wherever he went in camp, he would encounter insolent and lingeringly cruel stares.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
13  He glared with insolent command at his friend, but the latter answered soothingly.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
14  The men were in despair at this, and Eurylochus at once gave me an insolent answer.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XII
15  I am much shocked about what you have said about the insolent way in which the suitors are behaving in despite of such a man as you are.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVI
Example Sentence:
1  The gift and endearment cannot make me forget your earlier insolence.
2  How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of your insolence.
3  I'll make you suffer for this insolence.