Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
1
The Rococo is violent in chains, insolent in constraint, drunken in sobriety.
2
The marquises in insolent attitudes seated on each side of the stage.
3
The Court was less insolent that this pack of dolts in Angouleme.
4
To the modern powers that be, Bohemia is insolent in the extreme.
5
The first is addressed, in the insolent impiety of rage, to God:-
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New York has been called the most insolent city in the world.
7
They seemed to delight in the insolent display of their newly-acquired power.
8
There was nothing cynical in his tone, nothing insolent in his manner.
9
This foolish and insolent manifesto sealed the fate of the French monarchy.
10
Hear the malediction with which Elisha cursed the insolent and mirthful children.
11
The insolent familiarity of the language was too much for her self-control.
12
Harry let his eyes follow the tall figure in an insolent stare.
13
A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like a dogma.
14
On this occasion the executors were almost as insolent as the lawyer.
15
Then the insolent waiters began talking across the table to each other.
16
He felt inclined to toss the insolent young scoundrel into the rapids.
