How to Use temerity in a Sentence

temerity

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  • He was punished for his temerity.
  • A wisp of a kid (six feet, 160 pounds) with the temerity to buzz pitches up and in to Barry Bonds, Hudson has a bit of Pedro in him.
    — ESPN, 24 July 2000
  • Martin and Agathe each have the temerity to want a life with the man.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2023
  • All who’ve had the temerity to speak up have risen to McConnell’s defense.
    — Brian Beutler, New Republic, 11 Aug. 2017
  • And embolden them, and give them the temerity to go out in the wilderness and try to survive.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • No one in recent times has had the temerity or skill to save match points against the ironman of tennis.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Boselli had the temerity to claim the referees favored the Pats.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • As in men clutching theirs every time a female sports star has the temerity to act like one.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • In case the special counsel had the temerity to press his request, Mr Trump’s lawyers raised a third spectre.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • Point guard Kyle Lowry, in fact, noticed that, when first shown the postgame box score, laughing that Tucker had the temerity to take that many shots.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Then came news Wednesday that in the days before his firing, Comey had the temerity to ask for more resources to aid the Russian probe.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 10 May 2017
  • The same person who had the temerity to call out others for rule-breaking now faces the NCAA’s wrath in a way few of his peers have or ever well.
    — Rainer Sabin, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Mormonism also had the temerity to believe in prophets in the age of photographs.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Gough even had the temerity to compare Black civil rights activists to the heads of organized crime.
    — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
  • One Hannity guest had the temerity to dissent — sort of.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Should the Supreme Court have the temerity to rule against the new administration, it is hinted, the Court could be packed with liberal judges.
    — Douglas Carswell, National Review, 7 Feb. 2021
  • There were those with the temerity to vigorously disagree with me.
    — Judith Newman, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
  • Some even had the temerity to display diamond-blue skies in their Instas, tweets, and Facebook posts.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 11 Sep. 2020
  • But the hottest topic in baseball was a 76-year-old manager fuming about a 28-year-old rookie having the temerity to hit a home run.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
  • That tweet reflected the tone of much of their coverage, in which the onus for the problem was on those with the temerity to protest against a tyrannical regime, not on the forces of repression.
    — Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 7 Jan. 2018
  • But Justice Samuel Alito had the temerity to point out the obvious.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Not everyone has the temerity to withstand a horror movie.
    — Yohana Desta, HWD, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Against Miami, ace Max Fried had the temerity to give up four runs in an eventual 9-5 Game 1 victory, but that was it.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Earlier this season, a home plate umpire had the temerity to throw a bat to the on-deck circle, denying Finn his greatest pleasure in life.
    — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The hope is the children can help fight lingering vaccine temerity with a big dose of reality.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 12 May 2021
  • Spartanburg Christian senior Grayson Ray once had the temerity to stand in the paint as Williamson stampeded in his direction with a full head of steam.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Barbara Ridlon swung her car into the parking lot, leaped out, and raced headlong toward the man who was pounding his wife for having the temerity to defy him and buy a pair of shoes.
    — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Herb Caen had the temerity to say first what only months before might have been considered delusional.
    — Michael Lerseth, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Now Johnson has the temerity to stand on the global stage and pretend to support Ukraine and abhor Russian interference.
    — Balaji Ravichandran, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • Instead of blaming their opponents for having the temerity to speak up against them, the Left needs to understand that even Democrats don’t like getting pushed around by their betters.
    — Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 17 Oct. 2017

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