insolence in the PONS Dictionary

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Displeased by what he saw as insolence, he ordered that in the future, insolent letters from other states not be submitted to him.
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I am furious at his insolence.
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The foreground is strewn with spare bones and skulls, and behind him a beadle is about to strike him with a cane for his insolence and tardiness.
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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.
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Her father regards this as ludicrous and in some cases as insolence.
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The daughters quarrel with him and are annoyed by his insolence.
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The songs convey acute self-awareness along with flashes of grace and insolence: the album is a pitch-perfect teenage plaint.
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Unless insolence is particularly gross, the proper sanction is a written warning in the first instance.
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Others pretend to have purchased a right of residence and tyranny; but surely the insolence of such bargains is more offensive than the avowed and open dominion of force.
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The king good-naturedly overlooked his outrageous insolence on this occasion, but the inevitable rupture was only postponed.
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