How do you use the word "insolent" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "insolent" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "insolent": These bank employees seem so politely insolent lately. I wonder what's behind it. I can't do with him and his insolent ways.

Insolent Meaning

/ˈɪn.sə.lənt/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjInsulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.

adjRude.

Sentence Examples

These bank employees seem so politely insolent lately. I wonder what's behind it.

I can't do with him and his insolent ways.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

flip brazen audacious

Antonyms:

ashamed respectful

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ remark from the employee got him a warning from the boss.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ teenager replied to his mother's simple request with a very rude and loud comment.

Word Origin & History

PIE word *swé From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsolēns (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (privative prefix) + solēns, present participle of solēre (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…]the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus,[…]!”" — 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

"What a way do you put yourself in miss! said the insolent." — 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:

"Diogenes Laertius reports that Diogenes was apt to take the identification with the dog at face value, as when he lifted his leg and relieved himself on a group of young insolents who teased him with a dog's bone […]" — 2010, Louisa Shea, The Cynic Enlightenment: Diogenes in the Salon, page 7:

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