She was the perfect celebrity, sustained by effrontery and unblessed by talent.
When first unveiled, however, the design's coals-to-Newcastle effrontery was derided by many.
It was on these moments that he built his name and as they grew in number, their sense of boyish effrontery was replaced by one of crushing inevitability.
Brexit supporters would be traumatised by the effrontery.
"They tried to kill James Brown," he says afterwards, insulted, as if by the effrontery.
It's hard to decide whether New Yorkers should be insulted by the effrontery or amused at the absurdity.
The guard was galvanized from his normal truculent stupor by this effrontery.
After barely papering over differences at the actual summit, Trump destroyed whatever shred of goodwill remained in a tweetstorm triggered by the effrontery of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's criticisms.
Richard, stung by the Commons' effrontery, retorted that he would not remove one scullion from his kitchen at their behest.
