Sentence examples for extraordinary audacity from inspiring English sources
Again the authorities and the older Buddhist sects were enraged by the extraordinary audacity of this troublesome monk, and in 1271 Nichiren was arrested and condemned to death.
But saying so was not merely a good and necessary idea - it was an act of extraordinary political audacity.
They succeeded in escaping their fate with an extraordinary mixture of courage, audacity and luck.
"Dozens, perhaps scores, of times he escaped from apparently inextricable dangers by his extraordinary nerve, adroitness and audacity, coupled with prodigious physical strength and activity".
But the allegations against John Hobbs, a London dealer known for superb English and Continental furniture, suggest deception and audacity on an extraordinary scale.
But, if true, the allegations being made against Mr. Hobbs — whose clients include David H. Koch and Leslie H. Wexner and the fashion designers Oscar de la Renta and Valentino — suggest deception and audacity on an extraordinary scale.
And as for the Republicans, we have this extraordinary President who had the audacity to hope that the issues facing the country were so grave that they would be addressed and resolved in a bipartisan fashion.
It will be days before the full implications of his performance are clear, but whatever success Obama has is due in large part to the sheer audacity of ordinary people thinking extraordinary thoughts.
Looking back at that opening now, I think I was not as impressed by the novel's extraordinary emotional pitch or defiantly domestic content, as I was by the audacity with which the author put the two together.
"Ali was the great artist of the ring — in his prime an extraordinary combination of skill, swiftness, ingenuity and cunning as well as a sardonic playfulness and audacity not seen in boxing since Jack Johnson," boxing aficionado and novelist Joyce Carol Oates told The Times in 2013.
