Sentence examples for for the temerity from inspiring English sources

He refused to return some tough kid's basketball and was knocked senseless for the temerity.

Mixed communities are cohesive and more equal communities: punishing working people for the temerity of living in social housing sows division and is plain unfair.

Now it is mulling taking the risk of another attempt by sea.This more aggressive Chinese approach is part of China's punishment of the Philippines for the temerity of its small, upstart neighbour (population, some 105m) in challenging it under UNCLOS.

Of course politicians crazy enough to tell bleak truths about the aging process of the American empire have not been celebrated for their refreshing candor so much as buried for the temerity of their pessimism, however smart.

A composer-arranger known for the temerity, formal ingenuity and impish humor of her music — the basis for her recognition as a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master last year — Ms. Bley has settled warily into her current state of eminence.

No doubt there will be those who will roundly criticise us for the temerity to discuss these things, but it is a legitimate issue, people want to debate it.' At present the law allows people over 18 to watch hardcore pornography or buy material from licensed sex shops.

She was criticised in the media as grasping and disrespectful; for having the temerity to fight for compensation.

Why, we even think we can leave one of our few world-class players out for having the temerity to play for an overseas club!

But the rest of the charge sheet against her suggests something a little more troubling: that she is being punished for having the temerity to think for herself.

He also got a lot of stick from GPs for having the temerity to ask for the return of the responsibility of out-of-hours service to GPs.

The most memorable speech came from Sarah Palin, who suggested that Karl Rove be dispatched back to Texas for having the temerity to call for some of the party's loonier candidates to be vetted a mite more closely.