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- noun Plural form of
impertinence .
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Examples
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Wilson, a lawyer and sometime publisher who represented big business, characterized the idealistic Madero as a "disorganized brain" and Madero, complaining of Wilson's "impertinences," said he would ask president-elect Woodrow Wilson to remove his obnoxious namesake because "this Henry Lane Wilson is an alcoholic."
Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008
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Wilson, a lawyer and sometime publisher who represented big business, characterized the idealistic Madero as a "disorganized brain" and Madero, complaining of Wilson's "impertinences," said he would ask president-elect Woodrow Wilson to remove his obnoxious namesake because "this Henry Lane Wilson is an alcoholic."
Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008
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Wilson, a lawyer and sometime publisher who represented big business, characterized the idealistic Madero as a "disorganized brain" and Madero, complaining of Wilson's "impertinences," said he would ask president-elect Woodrow Wilson to remove his obnoxious namesake because "this Henry Lane Wilson is an alcoholic."
Usurper: the dark shadow of Victoriano Huerta (1845–1916) 2008
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It was evident enough that they were all in high spirits, and I seemed to hear the sparkling impertinences which issued from her laughing lips as she looked from one to the other of the boys with many a toss of her yellow curls and shrug of her round shoulders.
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Meanwhile Barker, who had that sublime, natural quality of abstraction over small impertinences which is more exasperating than studied indifference, after his brief hesitation passed out unconcernedly through the swinging mahogany doors into the blowy street.
The Three Partners Bret Harte 1869
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"You cannot imagine the impertinences of (Wilson)," said Madero to an associate.
Glorious innocent: the tragedy and triumph of Francisco Madero (1873–1913) 2008
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"Knowing your parentage, I'm not surprised by your guttersnipe manners," says I. "Get to the point, and keep your impertinences to yourself."
Watershed 2010
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"You cannot imagine the impertinences of (Wilson)," said Madero to an associate.
Glorious innocent: the tragedy and triumph of Francisco Madero (1873–1913) 2008
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"You cannot imagine the impertinences of (Wilson)," said Madero to an associate.
Glorious innocent: the tragedy and triumph of Francisco Madero (1873–1913) 2008
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The Senate shall not try any impeachments, nor any similar impertinences not pre-approved by the Vice President.
The Constitution of the Homeland of America: Revised Abridged Edition 2008
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