'insolence' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that refers to impudent or rude behavior. Example sentence: The supervisor's insolence was not tolerated in the office.
Hideyoshi was soon dead, but his successor, Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the long-running Tokugawa shogunate, had not forgotten the insolence of Okinawa, now riven between pro-Chinese and pro-Japanese factions.
The juxtaposition shocks, reviving a sense of insolence.
Across the developing world there are a number of successful banking and money-transfer services that rely on mobile phones rather than computers.In this section Dumb insolence Talk about that Like father, like son Reprints Related items A doctor in your pocketApr 16th 2009Dr Banavar, however, thinks mobiles could be made to work much harder.
These judges were asked to decide which man was each child's father.In this section Dumb insolence Talk about that Like father, like son ReprintsIn a second part of the study, the researchers collected T-shirts worn by fathers and their children while sleeping.
With "measured insolence", he scolded John Paul II for not allowing married priests and for refusing to retire.
His tyranny and insolence, however, alienated many and caused his rapid fall from power.
The execution of many senators and equites, the insolence and venality of his freedmen, the excessive influence of his wives, and even his bodily infirmities combined to make him unpopular.
What the WHAT?! My final bleat today is about the roaming charges which O2 hit us with when we had the insolence to use our phones' GPS functions to navigate our way around the Florida Keys.
Less than two weeks later, he reversed course, urging Washington in a cable to "think the unthinkable," expect the revolution to succeed, and prepare for a transfer of power.Brzezinski rejected that advice and Carter lost confidence in Sullivan, later complaining that a cable from him bordered on "insolence" for denouncing US failure to make direct contact with Khomeini, in exile near Paris.
Because of his shooting-star precocity – and also the insolence of making that Henry V film – Branagh was dubbed the new Olivier.
She simply has a magnificently sullen insolence, shadows under her eyes suggesting she's seen a few frosty mornings (probably after nights DJ-ing in Paris Fashion Week).
