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Examples
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Sorry for the impertinance of that cardinal, he is the alpha male and quite lippy!
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I thought maybe it was – you should pardon the impertinance – possibly AOHWELL that was the problem.
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| Page 232: yashihi amended to yashiki; impertinance |
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He got out soon after, and he had the impertinance to stop beside me and say:
Bab: A Sub-Deb 1917
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He got out soon after, and he had the impertinance to stop beside me and say:
Bab: a Sub-Deb Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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Page 78 slightest notice of their impertinance at the time, although he always had them punished for it afterwards.
Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863. 1864
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Kn. Oh how I hate the impertinance of women, who for the generality have no other knowledge then that of dressing, I am uneasy with the unthinking Creatures.
Sir Patient Fancy 1678
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Or perhaps it’s a personal income-stream thing that you’d rather not discuss, if so please forgive the impertinance.
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It’s so that I have a more or less socially acceptable excuse to leave the room when my righteous anger boils over and I’m about to thunder like a Norse God with wisdom tooth pain at some impaired Troll which hasn’t the intellect to understand when it’s gross impertinance crosses a line.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Sometimes I can’t believe my own munificence. 2009
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And when you point it out, they’re astonished at your impertinance.
No emergency contraception for rape victims, but plenty of Viagra for rapists 2005
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