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As for Nicola Sturgeon's "working-class girl made good" pitch and brazen appeal to non-Scots wanting change – well, you almost wondered what might happen if the SNP ever stood candidates all over Britain.
"It's a very brazen idea to make supporters pay for the success of their own team," wrote Süddeutsche Zeitung in a comment piece, explaining that it was Dortmund's recent ascent to the top that made home sides charge so-called "top-game premiums" for the champions' visits.
Which is filled, to my horror, by the embarrassingly audible tsk-tsk-tsk of my iPod earphones, which are still on from my ride over here - and the sound of my conscience clanging as my sin score-sheet tallies up yet another brazen lie... OK, I admit it.
But asked if MPs should be sacked for telling lies, he said: "If you are suggesting every MP who has never quite told the truth or even told a brazen lie, including cabinet ministers, including prime ministers, we would clear out the House of Commons very fast".
"Both entities approached Dallas, Texas, with hatred in their hearts," she said, of the AFDI and the perpetrators of the brazen attack, that had shaken her community "and brought turmoil and fear into our midst".
Writing these kind of letters, as he has done now for decades, he manages to soften even the most brazen demand.
The mid-January performance on Red Square, brazen in its choice of location and lyrics, catapulted the all-female punk band into the pantheon of Russia's increasingly creative protest movement.
"They say, 'Here's some young women to do whatever you want,' we have lots of examples of that, really brazen activity and indicative of a lack of fear".
"I don't think that even those in Africa that have committed acts of ballot rigging have done it such a brazen manner".
Webb has been seen as a clean-up figure and potential successor to Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency but the US indictment accuses him of brazen corruption, being paid bribes that went into building a swimming pool at his house.
Those lawyers will be paid from the receipts to this record: a brazen – but successful – welding of Dire Straits' Sultans Of Swing and Can't Stand Losing You by the Police.
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The word "brazen" primarily functions as an adjective, modifying nouns to describe actions, behaviors, or individuals characterized by shocking boldness or impudence. Ludwig provides examples demonstrating its use in various contexts, confirming its adjectival role.
Expression frequency: Very common
