Sentence examples for brash by from inspiring English sources

"But he's not brash by any stretch of the imagination".

Ever since he won the primary elections for the PD leadership by a landslide in December, Renzi – a politician viewed as refreshingly energetic by his supporters and insufferably brash by his critics – has kept up regular attacks on Letta's government from the sidelines, pointing out its failings and urging it to do more, particularly focusing his energies on pushing through a new electoral law.

Moroun, 40 at the time and "a little brash" by his own account, amassed his own 25% stake by the end of 1978 and paid Buffett $24 a share, later buying the rest.

So it is fair to say that Mr. Coffey is handicapped in his match against CNBC, which is run by Bill Bolster, a brash by-the-bootstraps executive with long experience in local TV news.

By being brash and by having an air of authenticity, you get attention and you get votes.

Without warning, an opera broke out: "Blue Monday," a brief, brash work by George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva, enacted here by On Site Opera and the Harlem Opera Theater.

The life of Leni Riefenstahl, the filmmaker who made movies for Hitler, has been examined and critiqued aplenty, but rarely so entertainingly as in "Amazons and Their Men," a brash play by Jordan Harrison receiving a lively production by Clubbed Thumb at the Ohio Theater.

While Jones accepted the compliment from Johnson, she did not accept his view of the brash celebration by the men's 4x100 relay team.

It was the first move in a brash attempt by KT Lim, chairman of one of the world's largest gambling conglomerates, to muscle his way into the potentially lucrative American market.

AUCTIONS AND ANTIQUES Big, brash works by a new wave of Chinese artists are arousing intense interest among well-heeled, cutting-edge collectors vying for their little piece of the Asian-art boom.

The person who first draws him into the world of Jake appears to be Jake's older sister, Rebecca, a tough-talking temptress sung here with brash coolness by the soprano Jennifer Zetlan.