| 单词 | insolent |
| 例句 | What she wanted to do was incapacitate this insolent pup with her elbow and use his miserable hide for leverage. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There was a tone in his voice Theon did not like, no more than he liked the insolent way the Dreadfort men were looking at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was Jasper: Jasper’s insolent handsome young face, and silver-clasped grey cloak, and stiff stride. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “You are a thoughtless, insolent child, and several brave men have died this evening in order to make you safe. You’d do better to act politely.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Morning brought the suitors back, more insolent even than before. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the hooded figures looked up as I came amongst them, and I saw a strange face, coarse-featured, heavy, with insolent eyes watching me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Youths sauntered by insolent of eye and manner, speaking loudly and with exaggerated clearness to each other that I might hear. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are insolent. I suppose that is only to be expected of a wildling. We must find you a husband who can teach you courtesy.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Replied Odysseus: “The young men, yes. And may the gods requite those insolent puppies for the game they play in a home not their own. They have no decency.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To this perpetual accusation Elizabeth had never replied; she merely regarded her aunt with a wide-eyed, insolent stare, meant at once to register her disdain and to thwart any pretext for punishment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But out of respect for his father and grandfather I let things go, and the upshot was that the insolent trash took what I most loved in the whole world. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Should any hair be so insolent as to appear, my barber stands with razor ready,” he had assured her when she raised him up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Locked in the Tower was far preferable to insolent questioning at family dinners, that much was certain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He worked during the day in an offhand, insolent manner, but there was a strangeness to his eyes whenever you spoke to him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “You insolent girl. I don’t want to hear another word. We are the ones who decide what’s best for you. Is that clear?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And so, in consequence, there are infinite habitable worlds; what hinders? ... these and suchlike insolent and bold attempts, prodigious paradoxes, inferences must needs follow, if it once be granted which ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will not address me in that insolent manner.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lauren asked — in what I imagined was an insolent tone — from across the fire. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "Well, you were less insolent than usual this week," he said. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z All of our drills and our fatigue duties are transacted under the insolent glare of rebel pickets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Always he would return in his thoughts to this white man who was not insolent or scornful but who was just. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon became a tern and flew to her branch for a second, to acknowledge that perhaps they had been insolent. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There was an insolent look on his face. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “I have no wish to serve with an insolent pig-boy. I am a king’s son. Whose son are you? So you have stood against the Cauldron-Born,” he scoffed. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “You are insolent. I like that in a dwarf.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Remembering who it was that he had spoken to in this insolent fashion, Redtooth cringed, expecting Cluny to deal him a blow for impudence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Mocking and jeering, were you not? Skeptical, with planchette’s very words before your eyes? Those young people pert and insolent?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Lili and Guy passed the group, clinging to their son so that in his childhood naïveté he wouldn’t accidentally glance at the wrong person and be called an insolent child. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I turned my head to the side a bit and studied the brand on my face; for the first time, studied it hard: the capital / that proclaimed my insolent manners and crimes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The mountains are dead stone, the people Admire or hate their stature, their insolent quietness, The mountains are not softened or troubled And a few dead men’s thoughts have the same temper. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I knew he was insolent, but never suspected such cruelty! Lock him in a shed, I say. For the sake of the fairies. Lock him up tight.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His voice is very low as he speaks to Estraven, his posture faintly insolent, his smile frequent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The insolent look was gone, and there was kindness in his face. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Children of the dark, children of evil! Your mother has been humiliated! Come to me now, come back home. Punish these insolent girls! Unleash your wrath upon them! Make them suffer! Avenge my wounded pride!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “You are insolent now that you’ve decided to go away,” he cried. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew I was making a pest of myself, but I could scarcely believe this nice young lady could be so un-sympathetic, so insolent when she discovered I did not come in to buy something. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronn had done well enough; she was doe-eyed and slim, with small firm breasts and a smile that was by turns shy, insolent, and wicked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “You, my insolent F, shall be our artist in residence,” the captain tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She looked strange, too, like the missionary ladies at our school who were insolent and bossy in their too-tall shoes, foreign clothes, and short hair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “There! Take your medal back, you insolent little pup. I’m not saying another word while that salad-eating cat is within hearing range.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I want desperately to sound coolly detached but not like I’m trying too hard to sound coolly detached—basically Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not but less insolent and more Indian. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I was offended, took it far too much to heart and was insolent and beastly to her, which, in turn, made her unhappy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Now fury mounted in Eurymakhos, who scowled and shot back: “Bundle of rags and lice! By god, I’ll make you suffer for your gall, your insolent gabble before all our men.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "Who's there? Let go! Take your hands off me, you insolent rascal!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Whether he is insolent is one thing, and whether he should be thrashed is another. In either case, I need no suggestions from you.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Principal Hornstein said we could go to the bathroom,” said Ike with an insolent smile. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I asked, tasting the bitterness as the words left my insolent mouth. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I’d nearly forgotten Pascal, his wide-set eyes and insolent smile, and now he comes creeping around my dreams, throwing open windows faster than I can shut them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They aren’t letting me walk with them today because I have been insolent, but they don’t want me too far behind either. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I could wish for a storm, but the sky is an insolent blank, pale, watery blue. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her insolent behavior contradicts her quiz scores. I don’t understand her motivations, and when I don’t understand something, Reynard, it is natural that I don’t trust it.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Those cute kids grow up to be overweight and insolent. The War of the Roses at 30: still one of the nastiest comedies of all time 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z They’re all part of the same world, where women are either cheerleaders to grab or insolent shrews to be put in their place. Perspective | What do ‘Lock her up’ and ‘Send her back’ have in common? It’s pretty obvious. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Some of the generals were supremely insolent, some plain paranoid. 1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheaval 2013-05-07T05:00:01Z While these cases are picking up speed, an insolent male underling sent to spy on Pirie by her resentful, grudge-bearing boss is bent on undermining her and following his own ill-begotten schemes. Review | Cuddle up and listen: 3 great audiobooks to stave off the winter blues 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z It was a rather insolent thing to ask of one’s own mother. “When a woman is smarter than a man”: My mother’s lessons in beauty and independence 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s insolent yet earnest, flashily inventive and brazenly aggressive, joining seemingly boundless male-adolescent bravado with primal fears and a nearly pious dream of higher purpose. The “Deadpool” Phenomenon and the American Male 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z She stands up to her mother in conversation with the eye-rolling exasperation of a contemporary teenager, and she has an insolent beauty, with a face that brings to mind the young Debbie Harry. Review: Dismantling ‘The Glass Menagerie’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Maher thought this was a false equivalence, and argued that the popular "Lock her up" chants at Trump rallies were far more dangerous and insolent than interrupting the meal of Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Bill Maher and Ben Shapiro discuss hypocrisy and civility in the age of Trump 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Pelasgus, living up to his word, rebuffs this insolent foreigner, though by doing so he inflames a lethal enemy. What might Aeschylus say about the European refugee crisis? 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Cohen also lacks the insolent, comic panache that was Hoffman’s trademark. | 'Abbie': The Life and Passions of an American Activist 2011-01-12T22:05:09Z Any suggestion, though, that the shop caters expressly to debs was undercut by playfully insolent merchandising. | J. Crew Bridal Boutique: At the New J. Crew Bridal Boutique 2010-07-20T21:10:00Z Howell came out again, with his smug and insolent face, now lit only by oil lamps, and clambered noiselessly about the same furniture holding two pails of water. Stewart Lee: The best performance I've ever seen 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z To me, it always suggested that the authorities were punishing behaviour of which they disapproved, when disapproval is an entirely inappropriate, indeed insolent, emotion for public servants, acting in their professional capacity, to feel. David Mitchell: I'm glad the asbo is going, but most rebranding is just a distraction 2011-02-13T00:05:37Z They strike poses of fear, loathing and, in the words of one character, “aggressive, insolent vehemence.” An Operatic Italian Classic Gets a Fresh Translation 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The Guardian of London described her persona in that film as “still insolent after all those years.” Bernadette Lafont, Actress in New Wave Films, Dies at 74 2013-08-01T03:49:56Z But at its heart is a fierce, insolent and compassionate Errol Flynn, the dashing embodiment of the genre, in the role of a lifetime. A ‘Robin Hood’ of Swords, Swagger and Spectacle at Film Forum 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Degas stepped on a lot of toes in bestowing his snub-nosed adolescent with an insolent grandeur. ‘Little Dancer’: Big roles for women in the Susan Stroman, Tiler Peck ballet musical This Victorian-era novel is one of almost insolent ambition — lush and fantastical, brimming with ideas. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z It was part motivational speech and part soliloquy, a free-form rant that was angry, insolent, but also gracious and earnest at times. Charlie Sheen brings rambling road show to a close in Everett 2011-05-04T20:05:06Z If Freud's Bowery portraits showed his compassion for a fellow human being, his portrait of Andrew Parker-Bowles is perhaps his most insolent, scathing, and melancholy study of the self. My top five Lucian Freud paintings 2011-07-22T11:42:03Z When she encounters someone boorish or grating — an insolent waitress, say, or a manspreader on the subway — she seethes with anger, as if allergic to the slightest lapse of etiquette or social politesse. ‘Jolt’ Review: Danger, High Voltage 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The new movie, which stars Cynthia Nixon, lets a radiant, riotous, insolent humor illuminate the self-imposed confines of Dickinson’s family circle and the boundaries of conventional thought and behavior that reinforced her sense of isolation. Terence Davies’s Truthful Fictions About Emily Dickinson 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Watching it now you are aware of Roth’s alert and restless eyes, the insolent smile, the simmering intimation of violence. Tim Roth: ‘As messy as your life can be, there has to be a window you can escape through' 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z And fending off the advances of unsavory-looking strangers with an insolent hitch of the hem. Maxi Skirts Making a Comeback 2010-05-26T20:49:00Z She was a New York Times journalist once; she published a novel, Dirty Dreams, in 1990; and she came up with one of the supreme insolent titles of our time. Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business by Lynda Obst – review 2013-07-06T07:30:00Z The confident swagger of Thomas Adès's Catch saw clarinettist Yann Ghiro interjecting fiendish runs and insolent squeals while pacing the room in a head torch. Hebrides Ensemble – review 2012-11-13T19:00:06Z Their devil-may-care incursions into the opening allegro usher in a brutal development, the violence of which rapidly escalates as the sextet then kicks off a series of insolent, horribly insensitive marches. RLPO/Petrenko – review 2012-06-11T17:10:04Z But in its stunning dialectic between tasteful and tasteless, “Romance” is surely her most insolent. ‘Romance’: But What Does She Really Want? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z It’s a real pleasure to be able to be as insolent as this. Isabelle Huppert Doesn’t Watch Her Past Films, but She Will Discuss Them 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Do I occasionally become insolent at the very thought of preparing weekday lunch and order falafel sandwiches instead? Yes, you deserve a fancy fish sandwich 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The Rondo-Burleske third movement lacked some of the insolent edge that Mahler asks for. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs Mahler and Thomas Ad?s - Review 2012-01-07T00:40:59Z A tall, rangy teenager stood before the soldiers, an insolent grin spreading across his face. Teen book club: Lorien Legacies Competition 2012-08-03T07:00:00Z Melissa Leo plays Nancy Taylor, the flawed and driven cop who has her eye on the insolent Kenny. Conviction ? review 2011-01-13T22:29:01Z This is usually around the time I start getting insolent. The pesky mushroom cookies I bake for Betsy, my late mother-in-law 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z He is light, stinging, insolent and melancholy, to borrow the words the critic Kenneth Tynan kept on his writing desk to remind himself how to sound. Gary Shteyngart Is Back, on the Road and Still a Master of Dislocation 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The man glances round in a casual, almost insolent manner. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z “Daisies,” the creation of two mature female artists, might alternately be described as an anarchic conspiracy featuring an insolent pair of wild and crazy gals, determined to be as “spoiled” as the world. ‘Daisies’: Two Wild and Crazy Gals 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s possible to draw a crooked line between Wright’s insolent and melancholy novels and Beatty’s own. The Pleasures of a Writer Who Was ‘Richard Pryor on Paper’ 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z She does not suspect what might happen — though the cinema audience might — but in this situation Isabelle finds in herself new reserves of insolent bravado, realising that she is the one with less to lose. Cannes 2013: Jeune et Jolie – review 2013-05-16T14:08:37Z But this ambitious, insolent and often funny movie deserves better than a muddy pan-and-scan DVD seemingly made from a TV print. In ‘Hombre’ and ‘Kid Blue,’ the Antiheroes Wear Stetsons Ride Tall on a Rebellion Frontier 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Soles, featured here a few years before her appearances in “Carrie,” “Halloween” and “Rock ’n’ Roll High School” made her a cult favorite, displays a freshness both insolent and winning. ‘No Place Like Home’ Review: Self-Discovery in Jamaica 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Rumpole stands for liberty – to speak insolent truth to power as well as to keep people out of prison. Forever Rumpole by John Mortimer – review 2013-02-05T07:00:06Z It’s a girlish laugh that arrives, 27 seconds in, as a pair of notes repeated three-and-a-half times: human yet digitized blips that are simultaneously cheerful, insolent, rhythmically pointed and instantly memorable. On a Surprise Album, Santigold Returns with Blithe Pop and Big Ideas 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Their eyebrows were penciled thick, and they wore an insolent pout. On the Runway Blog: Marc Jacobs: Sex Talk in a Straight Package 2012-09-11T03:30:21Z The moody teen who turns to photography to express his artistic inclinations caught in an insolent glance at a disapproving teacher. 'Boyhood' a startling, intimate portrait of a child growing up 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Teacher and student go back and forth a couple of times, until the teacher feels obliged to remind the insolent student that she has “a master’s degree.” Review | In ‘Boyz n the Void,’ a ‘malcontent with an allergy to authority’ finds freedom — and confusion — in the punk rock scene 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Twenty years on, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction has been rereleased in cinemas, and it looks as mesmeric and mad as ever: callous, insolent, breathtaking. Pulp Fiction review – Tarantino's mesmeric thriller still breathtaking 20 years on 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z A simple cattle herder in the sand dunes of Mali finds his fate in the hands of edgy, insolent Islamic extremists. Oscars 2015: Powerful foreign-language film nominees incite with insight 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Fellow Queens rapper Tragedy Khadafi is present on more than half of the album’s songs, providing an older but equally insolent worldview. Perspective | The best old albums that we discovered in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The French magazine L’Express called it “the most insolent novel of the year.” How a French Novelist Turns the Tables on History 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z I’ll tell you why: Because gay men are protective of women like M3gan, the gorgeous and loyal but messy and insolent ones. A Doll That Wears Sunglasses With Attitude? Oh, ‘M3gan’ Is a Gay Movie. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z This kind of news flashes across the web in an instant, an insolent reminder of the slowness of print. Judith Mackrell on the Oxford Dictionary of Dance 2010-08-25T20:45:00Z It contains some of the most nakedly emotional prose this stinging and insolent writer ever committed to paper, in a chapter about the suicide of his estranged son, Danton, a sculptor, at 34. Review: In Robert Hughes’s ‘The Spectacle of Skill,’ an Aesthete’s Unsparing Eye 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The character, married to a stolid financier and the mother of a bright, insolent 16-year-old daughter, has barely acted in the last 10 years. 'Stage Kiss' elicits lots of giggles but not much emotion at Geffen Playhouse 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z So, I think we can expect Trump to continue with this rebellious, insolent behavior as he deals with the legal system, daring anyone to try to stop him. Trump's wild courtroom antics: He knows he's lost this case 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z I geared up for my usual insolent protest, until my husband described the process: Smoked shell-on shrimp: the gateway to at-home smoking 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z “During the entire course of January 6, Lyons maintained a glib and insolent tone in the face of the destruction, chaos, and violence of the mob,” prosecutors wrote. Man who took photo from Pelosi’s office is sentenced to over 4 years for Capitol riot role 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z And El Pachuco, in his high-waisted “drapes” and angled hat, who narrates “Zoot Suit” while occasionally stepping outside the Brechtian Fourth Wall to freeze-fame the action or utter caustic commentary, is its righteously insolent heart. By exploring LA's racial injustice, Luis Valdez's 'Zoot Suit' gave birth to Chicano theater 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z In a statement, the foreign ministry said the decision was due to the "interventionist, daring and insolent" position from the EU on Nicaragua. Nicaragua withdraws approval of EU ambassador to country 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z He also tweeted an image of the severed head of Mr Paty lying on the street, saying that "the insolent had been sent to hell". Man who praised Samuel Paty murder found guilty of terrorism offences 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z In another case, a child was being treated as insolent and lazy for falling asleep in class; Mendez discovered that the child was diabetic, and dealing with chronic exhaustion. Clashing with a school? In WA, education ombuds can help 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z I witnessed an insolent and threatening Republican Congress at work on District affairs in the 1990s. Opinion | Why the D.C. Council’s oversight failings matter so much 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Even before the troops’ arrival, whites complained that slaves were becoming “insolent” and “insubordinate,” refusing to work or deserting their plantations to serve the Union. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Putin — was being treated in an “insolent,” “contemptuous” and “disdainful” way by the West. Opinion | Rash Putin Razes Ukraine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Like some employers and politicians today, white plantation owners complained that the emancipated Black Americans were lazy, “insolent and refusing to work.” Are we witnessing a ‘General Strike’ in our own time? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The school didn’t know what to do with the insolent young man who sauntered onto the stage in a Molière play with his hands in his pockets. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Magnetic Star of the French New Wave, Dies at 88 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Hosting a major Pacific forum in 2018, Nauru's then president, Baron Waqa, described a Chinese envoy as "very insolent" and a "bully" after an angry exchange between officials. EXCLUSIVE Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning China 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Under discipline reports, it describes those as “possession of a nonhazardous tool” and “being insolent to a staff member.” Perspective | How ‘Free Tony Lewis’ became both a son’s plea and a call on Biden to create a national clemency program 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z This theme song, more aggressive and insolent than its predecessors, offers up the following lyrics: “What if it’s all illusion? Sit back. Enjoy the show.” ‘WandaVision,’ a sitcom sendup, was a pandemic parable, too 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z But Clark refused and even gave him “a Severe trouncing” for being insolent. Bust of Black hero of Lewis & Clark trip goes up in Portland 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Well-known actress Yana Troyanova posted that Russia was being “plundered in a completely insolent way,” referring to the “Putin’s Palace” video. Kremlin warns Russians against pro-Navalny protests, detains opposition activists 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z He was the star of If… and A Clockwork Orange, but the insolent prince of early 1970s cinema is now an elder statesman – and a jobbing Hollywood actor specialising in baddies. First Thing: Georgia's Republican governor sues to stop mask order 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z At any rate it might, if they conceived they had a right to it, make them insolent in a State of Slavery. Tear down the statues of racist traitors — and raise monuments to heroes of Black resistance 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z He cannot tolerate these insolent nobodies constantly reminding him of his failures and perfidies and litigating them on national television, the medium that matters most to him. Perspective | Trump is the ultimate sore winner. Now he’ll seek revenge. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z It was not histrionic or insolent, but it was a sharp condemnation of the president that the House majority concluded must be removed from office for abusing his power. GOP's endless hissy fit won't change the truth — or history's verdict on Donald Trump 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z He caned a slave named Bridget for giving him an insolent look and then apologized — not to Bridget, but to Bridget’s master for damaging his property, the column’s two authors wrote. Court portrait of writer of notorious slave ruling reviewed 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z We are spoiled and insolent and jaded, golf fans. What we'll remember in golf from 2019 - Golf Digest 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The one and only way I could attain his attention was to be insolent, to make my mother cry. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z By now we hopefully all see "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" for what it truly is—a veiled threat designed to keep insolent offspring in line during the holiday season. The entire Staples Center landed on the naughty list on Sunday night - Golf Digest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The two men objected, and after they parked their vehicle in the White Castle parking lot, a “heated verbal altercation ensued” — with all parties yelling, using profanity and making “dismissive, mocking, or insolent gestures.” Booze, Gunshots and White Castle: Three Judges Are Suspended for Brawl 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The Gen Z progenitors of this insolent slogan say they use it because they’re inheriting a collapsing climate, an unequal economy and endless battles overseas that they didn’t start. Opinion | OK, boomer. The kids are fighting back. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Prosecutors claim that she "did knowingly touch" Glennon in a "rude, insolent or angry manner" in front of their child, "knowing the child was present and might be able to see or hear the offense." Amber Portwood charged with three felonies after allegedly attacking boyfriend with machete 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z That Children and Apprentices were disobedient -- that schools and Colledges were grown turbulent -- that Indians slighted their Guardians and Negroes grew insolent to their Masters. Fourth of July's ugly truth exposed: The Declaration of Independence is sexist, racist, prejudiced 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z When Trump was asked if he would discuss election interference with Putin, our president did a fair imitation of an insolent high school student. Opinion | The 2020 issue that matters is democracy itself 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Cobain and his bandmates were suddenly ubiquitous, an explosion of insolent Pacific Northwest cool into my deeply uncool, and fundamentally conservative, Midwestern world. Perspective | Yes, Kurt Cobain was a grunge icon. He was also a gay rights hero. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z I was a friend to wild animals and an enemy of insolent men. Opinion | Make Me a Cold and Pitiless Goddess 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z This aroused a long-simmering belief in “peripheral France” that the countryside and outer suburbs are somehow subsidising the insolent success of the cities. Just who are the gilets jaunes? 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Humphrey Bogart’s Marlowe is an insolent free man. The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Fontana seized upon that note of insolent suavity at a time in Italy of economic boom and cultural éclat—most brilliantly evident, of course, in film. The Once Radical Slashes of Lucio Fontana 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z It’s time the insolent receive something to cry about. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The East India Company funded a rival newspaper to control the narrative, while Hastings' surrogates resorted to ad hominem attacks, calling the newspaper "insolent" and referring to its writers as "pitiful scoundrels". What India's first newspaper says about democracy 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z After a closed-door meeting at the forum on Tuesday, Nauru President Baron Waqa said a Chinese official demanded to be heard when other leaders were due to speak and was “very insolent about it.” Tensions run high over China and refugees at Pacific meeting 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z “Bureaucracy, irresponsibility, egoism, corruption and fraud are becoming entrenched under an insolent reign of privileges and prerogatives,” he said in one broadcast. Bui Tin, Vietnamese communist soldier turned dissident, dies at 90 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z During this period, they gave occasional interviews to the Dutch press, coming across as insolent, dashing antiheroes—working-class toughs who’d dared to kidnap a plutocrat. How a Notorious Gangster Was Exposed by His Own Sister 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The “big mood” of an insolent cheerleader can indicate any number of feelings: “I’m awesome,” or “I’m happily deluded about my own awesomeness,” or “I’m trying in spite of everything.” Is the National ‘Mood’ the One in Polls or the One Online? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Lurking on my phone is an app I didn’t put there, one I wouldn’t have touched were it not for a few glasses of wine and a pointer-fingered dare from an insolent friend named Jeff. Letter of Recommendation: Find My Friends 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z In particular, the character of Roy Cohn, incarnated by Nathan Lane with insolent glee, seemed to channel the voice of the current political zeitgeist. 'Angels in America,' the right play for our fractious times 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z But gaudy displays of brute manliness in the west, and frenzied loathing of what the alt-rightists call “cucks” and “cultural Marxists”, are not merely a reaction to insolent former weaklings. The crisis in modern masculinity 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Members fumed, saying Shkreli was insolent and that struggling constituents back home couldn’t afford high-priced prescriptions, not to mention exclusive hip-hop records. Martin Shkreli, ‘Pharma bro,’ gets 7 years in prison for fraud 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z So the Corporate suits and ties are happy that all those insolent underlings will return to their natural state of acquiescence and despair -- at least for a while. Populism Is Waning, Which Is Reason to Party in Davos 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Did Trump mind or see McCarthy’s comments as somehow insolent? House GOP leader impresses Trump with candy, pictures 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Ghazanfarabadi, according to the report, said the case will be brought to court if a new crime is discovered, “because these people are very insolent.” Britain’s top diplomat raises detainee’s case in Iran talks 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z He also said United States sanctions barring American banks from buying new bonds or negotiating loan deals with Venezuela amounted to “financial persecution” and an “insolent imperial policy of domination and economic asphyxia.” Venezuela Summons Bondholders, but Default Appears Closer 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Mr Maduro called the sanctions "illegal, insolent and unprecedented" and asked: "Who do these imperialists in the United States think they are?" Venezuela socialists win disputed elections 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Barzani, the Kurdish regional president and an erstwhile ally of the Turkish government, was referred to as “insolent” and the vote as “chaos.” Kurds in Iraq vote in historic independence referendum 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The play’s voice — almost instantly recognizable as the crude, insolent tenor of a 14-year-old boy’s, Rawley says — means there are a lot of vile things that get spewed. New Washington Ensemble Theatre season takes aim at ‘toxic masculinity’ 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Information Minister Ernesto Villegas called Trump’s remarks “the most grave and insolent threat ever taken against the fatherland of Bolivar,” referring to the nation’s independence hero. Trump says he’s considering military response to Venezuela 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z In response, Mr Maduro called her "insolent" and said that Venezuela was not a colony of the EU. Venezuela denounces 'imperialist' US sanctions threat - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Thousands of prices get slashed, as if being admonished for their insolent cost, and replaced with marginally more affordable ones. Why I’m never signing up for Amazon Prime 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z The Guardian reporter, Ben Jacobs, was deemed “a pajama boy journalist” by the right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh, who said the reporter acted “insolent and disrespectful and whiny and moan-y.” A Journalist Was Body Slammed? Some Conservatives Await the Media’s Apology 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z “He was walking around and giving commands to everyone, even guys older than him. He was cocky, insolent, and mischievous—seventeen years old and already in charge.” Putin’s Shadow Cabinet and the Bridge to Crimea 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The ad explained that Sandy was “greatly addicted to drink, and when drunk is insolent and disorderly, in his conversation he swears much, and in his behavior is artful and knavish.” Hunting down runaway slaves: The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘the master class’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z “Judith Butler said insolence is fascism — they are really insolent.” Inside Turkey’s Purge 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Later on Monday, Peru’s government said it rejected Venezuela’s “insolent” comments and would send a protest letter. Venezuela calls Peru's president a 'coward' and a 'dog' subservient to US 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Shame-faced, bashful, insolent, chaste, luxurious, peevish, prattling, silent, fond, doting, laborious, nice, delicate, ingenious, slow, dull, forward, humorous, debonair, wise, ignorant, false in words, true speaking, both liberal, covetous, and prodigal. Montaigne on Trial 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z His gestures are harsh, angular and sketchy – insolent, asexual, frequently reminiscent of those of the Scarlet Hex Witch of the comic books. Women on Bob Dylan 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Sometimes they were described as cunning, insolent, or “pleasant when spoken to.” Hunting down runaway slaves: The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘the master class’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z This hits home in a way that a direct attack on the insolent, impervious figure of Trump himself does not. Michelle Obama has dragged this US election out of the gutter | Anne Perkins 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z On the other hand, he has landed in trouble in the past and still has moments of being hardheaded, insolent, lazy and less-than-truthful. This play tells a familiar story, but . . . wait, something’s different 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z He called Berkshire’s disclosure “insolent” and lamented that its actions are “perfectly permissible” under the law. The Diversity Police Raid the Boardroom 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The Transportation Security Administration is a “bloated bureaucracy” that tolerates “corrupt, insolent” airport screeners who go unpunished for their behavior, the chairman of a House subcommittee said Thursday. Lawmakers rip TSA as a ‘bloated,’ often insolent bureaucracy 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Or is he the same punk who lunged at insolent paparazzi a few years back in London, only without as many bodyguards to hold him back? Justin Bieber gets into a fistfight: 'Not a scratch on this pretty boy' 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He looked around at the laborious hand-fashioning of everything from bonnet louvers to bumpers, he saw the hapless accountancy and witnessed the almost insolent disregard for clients’ time and patience. The Morgan 3 Wheeler: Eccentric Drivers Wanted 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z He was disliked by his fellow senators, who found him quick-tempered, insolent, and crude; the Senate press corps voted him “worst senator” one year. The phony in American politics: how voters turn into suckers 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z This insolent popularity is not to everybody’s liking, especially within government. Beardless youth 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Its plot revolves around how Captain Kirk and his crew were tasked with bringing a beautiful—and insolent, rude and uncouth—princess to meet her future husband. They want to deny his humanity: Obama’s tears, white rage and the right’s phony new line 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Some of the images seem downright insolent, such as that of Paul Budker of the Laboratory of Fish and Colonial Animals gazing into a jar of baby sharks — a Frenchman inspecting imprisoned predators. Photography: Sedition in the stores : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Venezuela later accused the United States of jeopardizing a nascent rapprochement between the two ideological foes with "insolent" criticism. Venezuela was saved from a 'Pinochet,' leader says after opponent jailed 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Venezuelan officials reacted furiously to comments by US officials regarding Lopez’s conviction, calling them “insolent meddling” in internal affairs. Venezuela opposition braces for challenging election after leader's jailing 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z The U.S. has erased the small steps taken toward regularizing bilateral relations with this insolent meddling,” Foreign Minister Rodriguez said on Twitter. Harsh sentence for protest leader a gamble for Venezuela 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z "The U.S. has erased the small steps taken toward regularizing bilateral relations with this insolent meddling," Foreign Minister Rodriguez said on Twitter. Harsh sentence for protest leader draws condemnation of Venezuela 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The cloven-foot beast is usually described as carrying a bundle of birch switches, a chain or even a whip for punishing insolent children. You'd better not pout, you'd better not cry, or the 'Krampus' will kill you 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z So bereft of its older meaning has “hypocrisy” become that it is sometimes used to mean shameless or insolent. ‘Hypocrite,’ the All-Purpose Political Insult 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But in a Twitter post, Rodriguez said: “The US has erased the small steps taken toward regularizing bilateral relations with this insolent meddling.” Venezuela opposition braces for challenging election after leader's jailing 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z By the end of all three performances, West had won over the crowd, and even critics as brash and insolent as Noel Gallagher had to admit that he put on a great show. Why do you really hate Kanye West? 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z It was part of an insolent question posed to the eponymous hero of “The Idiot.” Can This Man Save Italy? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Richards exhibited "slurred speech and belligerent, insolent behavior, cursing at the officers and passively resisted arrest," Hoshino said. 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Kim Richards charged in hotel melee 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z All of the above were moving moments in a sea of impersonal, commercialized, insolent balderdash. The 2015 Oscars: Anything That Could Go Wrong, Did Go Wrong 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z This brings him into contact with proletariat bumble bees, idle beatniks, and insolent light-bulb making children, among others. Grim Fandango Remastered review: A witty but tedious classic 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z No credit for those, who are totally insolent. Flocking to Buy Charlie Hebdo, Citizens Signal Their Support of Free Speech 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Given that he had called a rally against the United States and thundered against the “insolent Yankee imperialists” on Monday, Mr. Maduro’s response to the new law was muted. A ‘Brave’ Move by Obama Removes a Wedge in Relations With Latin America 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Venezuela's President Nicholas Maduro described the move as imposing "insolent imperialist sanctions". US House backs Venezuela sanctions 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z "We don't accept insolent imperialist sanctions," he added. Venezuela slams US sanction threat 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Such self-sacrifice had been part of the social contract, but based on her insolent stance, that doesn’t look likely. Ebola aid workers can't be trusted 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Mainland Chinese officials and academics liken Hong Kong to an insolent child, and the central government to a wise mother. Beijing Gets Schooled by 'Insolent Child' Hong Kong 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Being an insolent scribe, if you digressed there anyway like I did, the near-standard reply would be: “The Congress is a global event being held in Russia, not a Russian event.” Oil & Gas Industry's own 'Olympics' Sees Heavy Marketing And PR Duels 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The constituent said his contributions, in a mental health discussion, were "slurred, incoherent and insolent". Claims Tory AM was drunk in chamber 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Ariel called Ms. Livni “insolent” in a radio interview on Sunday morning, and said the tenders were unconnected to the negotiations and meant to help ease Israel’s housing crisis. Israelis and Palestinians Ask U.S. Envoy for New Meeting 2014-04-07T08:26:36Z Mr. Ariel called Ms. Livni “insolent” in a radio interview Sunday morning, and said the tenders were unconnected to the negotiations and meant to help ease Israel’s housing crisis. Israel Warns Palestinians but Leaves Way Open for Talks 2014-04-06T11:48:25Z To the horror of many French, a candidate of the xenophobic far right reached the second round, and though he did not win the presidency, Ms. Taubira was viewed by many as an insolent spoiler. The Saturday Profile: Ascending Heights of French Power, Trailed by Her ‘Otherness’ 2013-08-09T23:41:53Z One well-connected insider has told me that many in the American Jewish community think Mr Netanyahu has been brazen and insolent, that his tactic has backfired. Netanyahu and the US election 2012-09-24T15:26:04Z Two years earlier, Mr. Correa expelled another U.S. diplomat for writing what he called an "insolent" letter saying the U.S. would no longer fund a special police unit. Ecuador Takes Stage With Asylum Offer 2012-08-23T23:45:46Z "You scoundrel!" retorted the man in office, biting his lips with rage at such an unusual and unexpected opposition, "I'll teach you how to be insolent again—I have the power, remember." Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z Hollande's idea was regarded as insolent when he first pitched it. Monsieur Hollande Goes to Washington 2012-05-18T08:45:00Z She ought, he tells her, to shut the door against the insolent, to watch her lovers in sickness, to rejoice greatly when they succeed in anything honourable, to love tenderly those who love her. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z I told him, I thought his conduct insolent; and that was all that passed. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z I found Louvois with him in one of his furious and insolent moods, and the King bearing all with the utmost patience. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z You could have talked to me, if I had been there, to your heart’s content, you know you could, Ruth, and I would have talked to the insolent Colonel to my heart’s content. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z This President is not going to answer any threat, any insults; she won't respond to any disrespect or insolent phrases. Argentina Bashed by Spain over an Oil-Company Takeover 2012-04-18T08:35:00Z And—to take a more important instance—the “Gagging Act” was an insolent expression of distrust of Englishmen, an attempt to prevent their opinions reaching England in print. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z To this he responded in vigorous appeals and replications, couched in the most insolent and contemptuous language towards both Pius and Nicholas. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The letter continued, “But through it all, he showed himself far more the gentleman than his insolent tormentors though their skin is white.” Branch Rickey Found Inspiration in Catcher?s Tears 2012-04-14T17:07:48Z What would he have said had he found that insolent reminder of the American victory over the English, underneath his plate? The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z The younger man might be as insolent as he chose—Armathwaite was muzzled. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Rupert arrested him for insolent language, but soon pardoned and released him. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z I have already said that I was in one of those moods of insolent mockery in which nothing was sacred to me. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z "She's the most insolent old woman I ever met in my life," said his sister, whose violent use of her fan seemed either likely to provoke or to prevent a fit of apoplexy. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z He felt not at that moment the insolent gaze, the brutal jest, the loss of liberty, the very hands that wrung his muscles. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z "He 's an insolent rascal!" said Robert furiously. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z As a backer to this insolent demand, the legation affirmed that the United States ought to consider it moderate, since England might justly have claimed a cession of territory within the States. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z I sat down and wrote a most insolent letter to Barrington. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z The Rajah, however, saw that if he had a grasping Government on one side, he had an insolent and rebellious army on the other. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z To be teased with such an insolent scoundrel at such a moment as this!" thought the peer, as he strode hastily to his usual sitting-room: "it is insufferable! The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z I say," reiterated Robert, deadly pale, and stamping, "he's an insolent rascal; and if I catch him coming to this house I'll tell him so. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Do you know who I am, you insolent girl, you? Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z "I see," said Withering, laughing, "that you have not forgiven the haughty aristocrat for his insolent estimate of the people!" Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Dill knew this man was overbearing, insolent, and oppressive, that he was meddlesome and interfering, giving advice unasked for, and presuming to direct where no guidance was required. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z I should like to wring the insolent little beggar's neck for him! The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Besides they render the populace, the rabble, the scum of the earth, insolent and disorderly, impudent and abusive. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z In the House of Commons the freaks of the poor lunatic were for a long time supposed to be only more marked eccentricities, or, as some thought, insolent affectations of eccentricity. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z And thus the man who would not have wounded the self-love of the meanest beggar, got the reputation of being haughty, insolent, and oppressive. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z She signed to me to go with the same insolent contempt which had abashed the crowd; but before I went I said one word. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z "But this unnatural, insolent brevity!" cried Henry, indignantly. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The insolent message fell upon every one in England, from Lord Salisbury down, as a bolt from the blue sky. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Berryer was not certain as to the source of this insolent interruption. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It was what only a very daring and reckless fellow would ever have thought of,—one of those insolent feats of boldness that succeed by the very shock they create. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z They proved an unpleasant audience, and often indulged in bitter and insolent observations, all of which he took in the most gentle Christian spirit. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z Minerva now permitted the father and son to recognize each other, in spite of their twenty years’ separation, and together they planned how best to punish the insolent suitors. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z These were also crowded with savages, very insolent and disorderly. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z He went into his office, leaving me standing at the railing, where I held my grounds in defiance of the chief clerk's insolent stare. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z This insolent speech so incensed Minerva, that she cast aside her disguise and accepted the challenge. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z To this insolent missive Johnson made no answer; and, indeed, those who sent it were, at this very time, renewing the bloody work of the preceding year along the borders of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z He suddenly realized that the man's eyes were meeting his squarely, with a bold and insolent directness. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z The insolent officials were tossing things right and left, as they made a list of the taxable goods. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z Let us hear no more of such degrading and insolent nonsense. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z This insolent parody so incensed Jupiter, that he grasped one of his deadliest thunderbolts, brandished it aloft for a moment, and then hurled it with vindictive force at the arrogant king. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z If they had, would they not have been at Niagara? or would the insolent and audacious message have been sent there in the lieu of offers of peace? The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z I said I had spoken the truth, and he told me not to be insolent. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z It is an affectation of appearing considerable, that puts men upon being proud and insolent; and their very being so makes them, infallibly, little, and inconsiderable. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z If he could sear their insolent faces--the smallpox seize them! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Stung to the quick by some insolent taunts which they added, Phaeton hastened to his mother, and begged her to direct him to his father, that he might obtain the desired proof. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Matteo and I looked at one another in amazement at the man's impudence, and I burst forth,— 'You insolent fellow! The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z But his eyes never left her, and something in their insolent freedom caused her more misery than the others' coarsest jests. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z I tell you that you are an insolent knave! The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z "She would have called you an insolent!" the young man replied hotly. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z I could see that my companion's beauty, though hidden in the main by her mask, was the subject of general remark; and that it drew on her looks and regards more or less insolent. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z The proud pilgrims resented the insolent demand, and at the permission of the duke attacked the followers of Mahomet and drove them off. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z "You are insolent," the girl cried, flaming up. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Growing rich, insolent, strong, and rapacious, they overrun the finest provinces, bribing, swindling, butchering the native Princes. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Yes; my crew got drunk and were insolent just before I sailed. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z For the time Matthew Smith was forgotten--or the gleam of insolent triumph in his eye might have said somewhat. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Her sterness and intrepidity, coupled with her threats, subdued the insolent coward, and, obeying her orders, he marched out of the house. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z "You are a wicked, insolent woman!" she said. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z It had gradually lost its acuteness and brilliancy, and latterly became the mere babbling of a vulgar mind, often mingled with insolent remarks against her superiors, and the most profane scoffing at morality and religion. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The spirit within prompts us to upbraid her, quarrel with her, and when she grows in turn more insolent and impertinent, to discharge her. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z "Place the stake in front of my window that I may speak to the insolent wolf while he is well spitted." The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z I can assure my readers that a keen morning's ride on the shores of an American lake is an exercise of all others calculated to make the appetite clamorous, if not insolent. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z The man filled the doorway; the room lay open to his insolent eyes, and he did not spare to look. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z They have often been called insolent—Browning writes of the "Poppy's red affrontery"; to me the Poppy has an angry look. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z His name is Richards, sir—or, rather, he says he is known to you by that name—and he is very emphatic about seeing you—and, begging your pardon, sir, a little insolent. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z His people have been insolent, and they are certainly getting lazy. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Judge me not ungentle, Of manner's rude, and insolent of speech, If, when the public safety is in question, My zeal flows warm and eager from my tongue. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z He wore an open horseman's coat, and under it a broad leather belt with pistols; and he touched his brow with his whip-handle in a half familiar, half insolent way. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Thinking their strength sufficient, they commenced their operations by being insolent to the commander, and one night they killed a horse which he had brought in the galleon. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z "You are an insolent fellow!" the clergyman cried. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z He was a bad servant, lazy and insolent, and he stole. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z When the Soviet system was being instituted in Russia, not only the capitalist politicians, but also the Socialist opportunists of all countries proclaimed it an insolent challenge to the balance of forces. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z But even here ugly looks and insolent faces were plentiful. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z I whispered, backing my horse gently against the horse of the insolent cornet. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z There is certainly something humorous in the neat overthrow of an insolent wit by a rival insolence, but the humour is in the spectator, not in the answer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z And with an insolent gesture he flung the key on the ground. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Opposite her stands Arch Brookhouse, his attitude that of careless indifference, an insolent smile upon his countenance. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Full and deep, leaping up again and again, in insolent mockery and defiance, it reached us where we stood in the quiet room, and told us that all was known. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z "An ugly, insolent monster," was the uncompromising verdict of fierce Toinon, who had scanned her from the top of the stairs. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z I have redressed grievances, righted the injured, chastised the insolent, vanquished giants. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The countess winced under the insolent gaze with which Madam Gillin looked her up and down. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z As for your insolent advice, that for it! My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z What better joke than to poise an insolent fellow barefoot upon a pointed stake? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Though they deserve the galleys for their temerity, they are patted on the back by our too lenient sovereign--a mob of insolent ragamuffins! The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z But he could not yet believe that any insolent official had the power to remove him from his palace. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z That you should be insolent to me is what I might expect; so I bear that with equanimity. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z At this moment the lord chancellor appeared upon the steps, with insolent chin in air, dressed in his great flapped wig and rustling laced robes. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Lock, stock, and barrel, these insolent varlets were to be stamped out of existence, without parleying, as a warning to all traitors. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z No one had ever stared at her through lorgnettes in the insolent way that Mrs. Van Cleave did. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z VI The balancing of gaudy broad pavilions Of summer against the insolent breeze: The bellying of the sides of striped tents, Swelling taut, shuddering in quick collapse, Silent under the silence of the sky. Irradiations; Sand and Spray 2012-02-14T03:00:28.347Z He had dared to go to Kiŷoto, and make one of a set of insolent varlets who had presumed to waylay their lord, despite of warnings, and, with brow in dust, present a written prayer. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z He who had been so unprincipled and arrogant, so insolent and overbearing, his cleverness no longer needed, was tossed aside by his employers. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z With one exception, no priest has ever written about me, so far as I know, except in an arrogant and insolent manner. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z She was lying back in her chair again, insolent and serenely defiant. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z "Dinah North will never die beneath the gaze of an insolent mob," said the old woman with a sullen laugh. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z They were as insolent as all the rest. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Waring and Roosevelt were the Patrick Mullens of the reform administration which Tammany has now replaced with her insolent platform, "To hell with reform." A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z Around the Beau collected a band of young men whose insolent and affected manners made them universally unpopular. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z It is the height of civility to hand one's cup to a neighbor, so that he may assist in emptying it; and a refusal would be considered extremely rude and insolent. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Hoping soon to get rid of his mistress and to become master of the house himself, he grew more insolent and less careful to conceal his power. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z It was to please your daughter, Nara--that she should condescend to plead for such insolent vermin, says little for her rearing--that I forgave those villagers. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z In another, before he was transferred away from the Vatican, he begged to be allowed to continue his crusade and denounced a "vulgar and insolent" cleric behind a plot to destroy him. Vatican officials contest corruption charges 2012-02-04T16:25:35Z When the front door-bell is pulled with insolent violence, "That," I say to myself, "is a Beggar," and I am usually right. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z The insolent coolness with which this was spoken, rendered it very difficult for me to submit to the injunction Astræa had imposed upon me. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Inflamed with a zeal for the honor of God and his king, he determined, after surmounting the numerous difficulties and oppositions, to avenge in person the insolent acts of those barbarians. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century 2012-02-03T03:00:18.817Z Nara dared--the insolent dotard!--he dared to spread reports among the people to the detriment of him, the Hojo! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Jack crumpled the paper furiously in his hand, grinding out a startling oath. "—insolent cur!" The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z His "Aoh, good-mornin'," as he passes, is a kindness, a few words from him a favour rarely granted, and there is no insolent familiar in the house who would dare approach him. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z The U.N. bid is regarded as overdue by Palestinians but as insolent by Israel, whose support on Capit0l Hill these days is immense.. West Bank Economy Struggles Under Pressure From U.S. Congress 2012-01-30T12:06:35Z What had this insolent person said to make it possible for her to forget herself for so long? The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Purse′-proud, proud of one's purse or wealth: insolent from wealth.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z He stood staring at McLaggan for several seconds, but McLaggan saw that there was nothing like fear in that insolent and flaming regard. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Aidus, at first rather insolent and disrespectful towards St. Columba, changed his tone altogether when he found that he came only to establish peace between him and the king of the British Scots. The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts 2012-01-28T03:00:27.347Z Vigano accuses the monsignor of being "vulgar in behavior and language and arrogant and insolent" to staff in the Vatican department where he worked. Vatican whistle-blower begged to continue crusade: letter 2012-01-27T16:54:41Z "Let me prove to you that you are wasting time," said he with insolent patience. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Oh, my Lord, that insolent coxcomb, the honourable Mr. Twineall— Lord. Such Things Are A Play, in Five Acts 2012-01-25T03:00:37.637Z His appearance at this time, was that of a careless young man, not very well educated, and very saucy and insolent to his father. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z He had grown up a little, dandified sort of man, good-humouredly insolent as ever when the fit took him: but sterling at heart. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z My spirits rose proportionally, and when he turned to me with his insolent question, I said to Sir Benjamin, in an undertone, "The Lord hath delivered him into mine hands." Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z You were insolent, and would have been fined a good round sum for it had we gone on. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z They are in general poor, indolent, and sordid, but avaricious; and what few have property, in horses and herds, are proud, haughty, and insolent. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z The chief himself considered that he had talked long enough, and that he had been sufficiently insolent to preserve his dignity. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z London servants were frightful, she said: fine, lazy, extravagant and insolent. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z They were insolent adventurers who had fought their way up from among the ranks, but who had neither understanding nor affection for the despised Hollanders over whom they were called to rule. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z His eyes looked her up and down with an insolent stare that sent the blood flying over her face, and his smile gave her an impotent longing to strike his fat, sleek countenance. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z For these reasons the above-mentioned expeditionary force was detailed for the purpose of attaching the insolent Empire, liberating the imprisoned Guatemalan, and entirely removing the casus belli. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z His manner was gruff and insolent, especially when he spoke of the royal prisoners. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z Tom Mayhew was also a handsome man, very dark and ruddy, with insolent bright eyes. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Amid these ills no tyrant dared refuse My right to pen the dictates of the muse, To paint the terrors of the infernal place, And fiends from Europe, insolent as base. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z I burn with indignation, for it is an insolent intrusion; it is an insult to his Excellency, who no doubt is a prince in his own country. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z But since that time they have been more afraid of us, and are not so insolent to the temples, or the pilgrims, or to the sacred monkeys. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "Thou most insolent of wretches!" said I, throwing the most contemptuous looks at him, "how dared you assume the dress of my husband, to treat me with such indignity?" The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z "I suppose," said the child, with her insolent, high-pitched superiority, "It's some money that he doesn't want us to know about." The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z I would have retorted the insolent freedom of this question with a burst of indignant reproof; but my utterance was choked; I had not power to articulate a syllable. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Heydrich’s career as a naval officer ended abruptly because of an affair; his insolent conduct before a military court of honor resulted in his dismissal in 1931. Books about Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich ? Review 2012-01-07T01:31:13Z The Players are much more respected here than they are elsewhere, which makes them insolent to the last Degree. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z When he was haled into court, despite his callow years, he came with insolent confidence, as one above the law. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z When they arrived in England they tried to injure Mr. Douglass by publishing that he was an insolent, lying negro; but their efforts only served to make him famous. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z She showed a strong inclination to remain where she was, and even condescended to remonstrate with the insolent landlady. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z There still exist some oligarchs everywhere, more or lest callous, more or less insolent, who affect the arrogance and authority of former times, when the outrageous and intolerable feudal pretensions were in full force. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z But my Good-nature only made the Son the more insolent; for he even came into my own Apartment, to seal up such Effects as belong’d to me. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z A number of neighbors, who were standing by, saw the insolent manner in which he was treated, and it vexed him exceedingly. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z He followed carefully the last years of the war, and put into satiric verse every movement of the "insolent foe." The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z “He has talked of us to his low companions; he chooses to associate with usurers and worse people; and he has been speaking of us in the most insolent terms.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z On the 9th of May, M. Ledru-Rollin declaimed the letter of the President to General Oudinot to be on insolent defiance of the National Assembly, and a violation of the Constitution. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z It was the insolent need lovers have of displaying their happiness in public, when the joyous hours, through monotonous repetition, begin to weigh on them. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z In September 1737, the Prince of Wales, in consequence of his crazy and insolent conduct at the time of his wife's confinement, was ordered to leave St. James' Palace. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z He is an insolent cub and will be hard to manage when he becomes king. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z It can't be, though, that Miss Maubray, that handsome creature with so much money, is thinking of marrying that insolent coxcomb. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z After obtaining this article he turned his steps once more to the custom-house, where an insolent officer told him he must wait an hour. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z He saw Castro and the insolent red-haired fellow who was offering him a seat. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Hutchinson says, “The Narragansetts are said to have kept to the treaty until the Pequods were destroyed, and then they grew insolent and treacherous.” Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 2011-12-28T03:00:44.040Z "Fear or small beer, it is all the same!" exclaimed Cobo, with an insolent peal of laughter. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z "Bah!" cried he, with an insolent gesture of his hand, and turned away; and I could plainly see that my praises of the enemy were very ill-taken. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z On my asking him where that was? he replied, in a very insolent tone, "To the Canadian Traders." A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z The astonishment which caused the pupils of his eyes to dilate, the indignation and envy that this insolent fortune inspired, made it necessary for the pianist to express his feelings in a protest. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z It certainly appears that they were not well used by the English settlers, and it is not surprising that they should grow “insolent and treacherous;” for the treachery appears to have been first against them. Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 2011-12-28T03:00:44.040Z Turn this insolent creature out of the house! Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Nevertheless, as it was, after all, an insult to have such things written, he determined to chastise its insolent authors, albeit in a matter-of-fact fashion. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z There are indeed some exceptions to be met with among them, and I suppose it only requires indulgence and precept to make some of them as lofty and insolent as any women in the world. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z Maza was so aggressive and so insolent that at last Don Rudesindo, no longer master of himself, gave him a blow on the head with his umbrella. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Unfortunately you have the temperament that encourages villainy to be insolent. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z They became more insolent and brutal, and accompanied their requests with threats. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z He said this in a tone that was insufferably insolent; and as if to point the insult, the two toadies when they heard it, sniggered audibly. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z "I've never harmed a hair of your head nor of any one belonging to you; though I owe a heavy scare to both you and Travilla," was the insolent rejoinder. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z In the next number he showed himself so aggressive and so insolent to the paper of the capital that, surprised and indignant, it replied that certain remarks in "The Light" were only worthy of contempt. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z The weakness of the government was the principal cause of the insolent conduct of the inquisitors. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z The villagers here crowded around them with shouts and yells, and finally became so insolent that Stanley grabbed one of them by the neck and gave him a sound thrashing with his donkey-whip. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z I have put this indignity on you because of the insolent message you sent to me by Lieutenant Essaieff. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z His insolent programme was known; he proposed on the morrow to thrust his preposterously unfit candidate for the mayoralty, together with a few other objectionable nominees for divers offices, down the throat of the convention. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z For who would not detest that insolent and impious assertion, ‘That man can live without sin of his own free will, and not through the grace of God?’ Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z In 1611, when he convoked the new Cortes, they made the same request and received the same answer, but nothing was attempted, and the inquisitors daily became more insolent, and filled their prisons with victims. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z "Leave me, monsieur," said Georgette, rising from her seat; "you are an insolent fellow, and I will not remain with you another minute." Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Suppose Willie should get hold of that bellboy who was so insolent to us—the one we didn't dare rebuke and had to tip so heavily. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z "Go, poltroon, pull the ears of these rogues, or never see me again," she cried, with that touch of insolent scorn into which her husband's weakness or scruples sometimes betrayed her. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z Herriges then began to talk so offensively insolent, that Mr. Gibson and his mother were obliged to leave the store. The Herriges Horror in Philadelphia A Full History of the Whole Affair. A Man Kept in a Dark Cage Like a Wild Beast for Twenty Years, As Alleged, in His Own Mother's and Brother's House 2011-12-14T03:00:19.043Z The insolent fanatic, Torquemada, while he affected to refuse the honour of episcopacy through modesty, was the first who gave the fatal example of subjecting bishops to trial. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z "It was a lady, of great distinction, with whom I happened to be, and at whom an insolent knave presumed to look too closely." Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z There were good taste and bad in costume, simple little pink frocks and Sheban splendors, loud voices and soft, meek eyes and insolent. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The ducks were insolent and noisy; the geese, instead of taking higher views of life, as they are wont to do, bent down their stately necks, and went in for the scramble with the rest. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z It is satisfied—the world's response to Germany's insolent challenge is the proof of it—that its pains have been well bestowed. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z From early childhood I was always a silent observer of men and things, by no means insolent, of imperturbable serenity, and extremely attentive to my lessons. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z He came in so proud and insolent, but he went away with a flea in his ear. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z But his strength was unequal to the effort, he grew deadly white; and when the insolent beauty, the first to speak, said calmly before all the throng: "Good day, Mathurin," he could not answer. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z It flaunted there, in all the insolent pomp of a new house, whose moneybags were full, and the sight of it was enough for me. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z I am pretty fairly insolent myself, but I can't compare with this little cad! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z In fact, Cracker, the foe was getting insolent. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z But, to their shame, nothing shows more clearly the insolent self-satisfaction of our people than the lack of demand for educators; it comes partly from meanness, partly from want of thought. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z The light was now sufficiently strong to distinguish the hideous leer of insolent triumph on his features.. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z "The fellow's an insolent scoundrel," spluttered the Major. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z She was sobbing so that the reading was scarcely possible, till her thoughts took a turn which speedily dried her tears, and filled her with an insolent indignation which excluded all chance of repentance. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z "It strikes me, Morgan, that you are constitutionally incapable of seeing how infernally insolent you are." A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z But the same night, at the burgomaster’s ball, he was so insolent in his demeanour to Annchen, that I insisted on his leaving the ballroom. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z On him who would be insolent with the tribunal, a fine was imposed; from him who had refused to comply with the verdict, the water was taken away forever, and he must die of hunger. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z The speaker's bearing conveyed no suggestion of insolent intention. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z He noticed likewise that the expression on the faces of the opposite party was one of scowling determination, but he further noticed that there was nothing insolent or provocative in it. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z It's from that fellow Morgan; the most insolent, presumptuous scrawl. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z But at the half-mocking speech, the almost insolent challenge of the tone, the doubt in the Colonel’s mind suddenly vanished. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Perhaps those down below were complaining; perhaps Piment�, notified as an atandador, was prowling in the vicinity, outraged at this insolent breach of the law. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z None of your insolence, you young hound; don't you think I'll allow you to be insolent to me! A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z After a short duet, which contains chromatic crescendos of blind fury for the tenor and insolent intervals for the baritone, they fight. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Mr. Nash continued to comment on Mr. Morgan's insolent epistle while he trifled with his breakfast; but it was noticeable that he only trifled. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Even these very temperate reproaches irritated my husband, and he asked me, in the most insolent and disdainful manner, what right I had to meddle in this matter. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Can the Jets learn from how Burress coolly dealt with Johnson’s insolent display? On Pro Football: The Perils of Celebrating Before Anything?s Won 2011-11-28T02:19:50Z But when they have secured sufficient to be what they imagine to be an independence—to live without business—they are too often filled with a most ignorant pride, and become insolent to their dependents. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z They called the redcoats a lot of "old women," became insolent, and even threatened them. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z "Look here, Morgan, if you're come down with the express intention of being insolent, I'll wring your neck, here, in the station." A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z He was always an insolent fellow, who never showed proper respect for the Olympians, and this would perhaps take down his pride a bit. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z He was afterwards insolent to the woman, and said he would strike the dog, and that I should see him do so. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z But now comes man and overthrows this state of nature, abolishes the competitive struggle, and changes at his own insolent will both his environment and his reaction thereto. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Next year the officers at Quebec wrote home to Paris: "The Fox Indians are daily becoming more insolent." Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z Why should an aggressive, insolent faction be allowed to ‘make the heart of the just sad, whom the Lord hath not made sorrowful’? Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z She said clever, daring, insolent, or amiable things all in the same slow, measured way, and generally managed to leave an impression that a fund of unuttered experience or observation lay behind them. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z By degrees Christian began to be insolent in various ways. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z As a rule the fellow was not frank and now his frankness was insolent. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z "Greedy, insolent, and cowardly," these are nice fraternal terms; and what a truly loving spirit is evinced by swearing "fearful vengeance" upon the "assassin," and handing to posterity the keeping of the oath! Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z The Italian Valerga, titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, delivered on Tuesday, May 31, a more spirited, piquant and insolent speech, which I will give a report of in my next letter. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z His insolent patronage had wounded her more than she knew. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z She repelled "the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes," and had much of the Burns spirit that sings "A man's a man for a' that" in the presence of insolent grandeur. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z He kept me waiting for more than twenty minutes on the doorstep, and then when he opened he was not only drunk but insolent. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z A Lombard nobleman makes insolent proposals to his queen, and meets with a most emphatic repulse. English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z The minority is in their eyes not a power to be negotiated with but a gang of insolent mutineers to be put down. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z At such times he would scowl and be insolent, quite regardless of sex, years, or general superiority on the part of the offender. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I never knew before what insolent things a hostess can do, nor what false positions poverty can push one into. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z I was told by a longtime observer of the program that it's been a long series of insolent behavior on Nelson's part, not just the lateness for a team meeting and absence from practice Sunday. Take heart, Bruins: Chaminade's next on the schedule 2011-11-17T16:55:06Z At the first symptom of such insolent effrontery, he'd give you a week's wages in lieu of notice, and show you the door. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z The more frantic and insolent is the conduct of the Papalists, so much the better in their opinion, for so much easier and more painless will the separation be for civil society. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z Yes," he exclaimed, "I am insolent to the great lady because I detect her on the verge of some petty revenge! An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z "Monsieur Albert is not in," replied the servant, in an almost insolent tone. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z What are you doing here with your grass-eaters, destroying my meadows, you insolent fellow? The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z "Well, Colonel," he said, in the half insolent manner that in men like Swayne implies a knowledge that they have got the whip hand. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z The Opposition Bishops see a proof of the insolent contempt of the majority in their putting up such men as Pie and this Sicilian to speak against them. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z The hawk, singling out one of the most insolent and provoking, swoops upon him in an unguarded moment, and offers him up a sacrifice to his hunger and resentment. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z "The insolent wretch who amused himself at my expense, and whom you must punish!" San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z In direct opposition to the concept of citizen media, the government of China employs thousands of Internet watchdogs, who work tirelessly to remove content from cyberspace that they deem offensive or insolent. Citizen Media: Enemy Of The State Or Power To The People? 2011-11-11T23:16:28Z Woe to the insolent wight that dare stand covered in its presence! Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Gloating over his triumph, the unprincipled adventurer hastened on his publication, becoming daily more insolent in his demands. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z "After all, give me American girls," our hero was saying, with an insolent freedom for which I could have kicked him, as he lit his cigar. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z What an insolent brat he is, the little foundling!" cried Jean Ficelle; "don't that deserve a hiding—when a puppy without any father or mother puts on airs like that? San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Miss Causton also had given me a languid, almost insolent smile. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Slade’s eyes left the automatic and gave The Phantom an insolent glance. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z What M. the duc de la Vrillière exacted before everything else was that he cease to be insolent, that is to demand justice, and that he ask for pardon. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z That man's insolent lying was more than I could stand. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z I will be persistent, I tell you; not so much on account of the girl, as to be revenged on that cur who played the insolent with us. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z I refused to reply to any of these insolent interrogatories. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Wealth makes them insolent; they assault a religious procession, and with them also the students have affrays. Oxford and Her Colleges 2011-11-02T02:00:09.560Z The insolent fellow defies them to do their worst, and threatens that if the French women undertake to interfere he has it in his power to ruin them. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z The man replied in an insolent, manner that he had come to visit a servant girl who was at the time working in Mr. Holcombe's family. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z How else to explain this but by the corrupting power of money, which the Resistance fought so fiercely against, and which is now greater, more insolent, and more selfish than ever? A French Manifesto to Unite Occupy Wall Street: William D. Cohan 2011-10-31T22:02:56Z How dare you speak in that tone to me?" said Lucille, to whose cheek the insolent threat of the stranger called a momentary flush of red; "you punish me, indeed, if he does not! The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z He dodged the attack with an insolent ease that humiliated me. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z So that they whose behaviour before was so cruel and insolent, now with timorous hearts fled for shelter, sometimes to the coverts of the woods, sometimes to mountains and caves, to prolong a wretched life. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z I don’t mean to continue being insolent, she said. George Saunders: “Tenth of December.” 2011-10-24T04:00:00Z This daring exploit enormously increased Ward's prestige among both Chinese and Europeans, with whom the British, as a result of their insolent and overbearing attitude, were intensely unpopular. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z But thee, Love, he made Lest man should defy him, Connive and outvie him, And not be afraid: Nay, thee, Love, he gave His terrors to cover, And turn to a lover His insolent slave. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z And, whatever freedoms I take, the Doctor himself may be quoted as a precedent for insolent invective, and brutal reproach. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Understanding, likewise, that the Romans were gone, never to return any more, they now, in a more insolent manner than before, began their devastations in the island. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z The men on the sidewalk are young, limber, sharp-faced, almost insolent young men. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z He kept coming towards her, uttering words of insolent familiarity, and she kept backing away. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z The most undisciplined, barbarous, savage members of a community are ever in a league with the most overbearing, insolent, imperious, and domineering members of it. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The word Gazetteer is now defined without that insolent scurrility formerly quoted. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z On the other hand, the fire-god, confident in his own prodigious strength, resolved to destroy this insolent intruder into his secret. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z At any rate, if Morris saw no deeper into Paine's physical than into his mental condition, the "insolent" words were those of soberness. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z He pays no regard to the insolent ecclesiastic of Rome, who would be lord of the universe. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The chief engineer of the papal machinery—the controlling spirit of the king and his councils; insolent, imperious, arbitrary and oppressive, this man was ready for any work that furnished sufficient blood and plunder. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z I had never before encountered anything quite so sweeping, so totally inventorying, so insolent. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z But whenever the drivers of them are insolent I laugh and let them wait; they dare not “ram” me. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z It is for France, it is for the United States, to combat and lay low, in concert, these proud islanders, these insolent dominators of the sea and the commerce of nations. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Those ages are gone by; and if Americans are true to themselves, they will never revive in this country, notwithstanding the insolent efforts of this Lord Bishop Hughs. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z It is a singular fact that while distant potentates trembled at the thunders of the Vatican, the subjects of Rome scoffed with impunity at its insolent pretensions. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z This insolent behaviour was very galling to the Mounted Rifles and their Kat River comrades, and they were naturally impatient to accept the challenge and teach the sable warriors a sharp lesson. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z They were daring; they were greedy; they were insolent; and stole the food from our very fingers. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z “But,” he said, “who art thou, riding in my land, singing and winding the horn, who bringest hither such insolent talk?” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Nor could any Jacksonian have shown himself more domineering and influenced by a more insolent disregard for the rights of others than Clay did in his hour of triumph. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z When interrogated as to his disposition of complying with the demands of the cortes, he replied in a tone of insolent indifference: "I have not thought about it." Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z How he would like to pound in that face which had borne a look of such unaffected contempt for him, and hear that cold insolent voice cry out for mercy! Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z “Certainly I’ve no question to ask,” the young man said in a voice of cool almost insolent surprise. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z This insolent coxcomb was seated at table in a dressing-gown, with a cigar in his mouth. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Both elaborated the same material, but each using a different process; the one boldly insolent and hostile, the other masked with hypocrisy and calm. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z The cortes repelled with patriotic indignation the insolent interposition of foreign powers, and prepared for the doubtful contest with consummate skill. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z “I am in my right place sitting next to you, ain’t I, miss?” said Aarons, with a look of insolent admiration, which made her feel extremely uncomfortable. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z The young man sat with flushed cheeks and shining eyes, tingling with a desire to sacrifice life itself, if need there were, to revenge the wrongs of Athens and crush the insolent Macedonian. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Never was there a more flagrant exposure of the insolent impunity with which Tory ministers betrayed the public interests. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z "Impossible! he is too insolent," cried the man in question, very seriously. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z For this insolent proceed-ure the emperor determined to depose him, and drive him from Rome. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z One of the daughters was haughty and insolent; the other was little, and young, and modest, and sweet. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z Each white peak mocked him, the insolent aggression of the range called him irresistibly to action. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z He knew now that this was what he had longed for ever since the young man's insolent laugh had first grated unpleasantly on his ear. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Their curiosity without interest, their dressed-up awkwardness, their insolent timidity, their angular egotism, and their empty joy at all melancholy objects, aid in this impression. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Beneath his insolent, admiring gaze a lovely colour flooded Caroline's cheeks. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Chaudoreille became very insolent again and shouted and threatened, but seeing that nothing would move Marcel, he took leave, and decided to return on foot to Paris. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z His coming into the county at all is a most insolent thing. Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z The insolent boldness of this appeal, was felt only by Juliet; whose scorn, however potent, was less prevalent than her satisfaction, upon beholding her old friend Mr Tedman. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Calumny, the vile insolent spectre, sits upon the noblest graves. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z If she perceive such an intention, she draws back, with a look that would make the very mentioning it insolent.' 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