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Six example sentences with impertinent, each labelled with its topic.
The judge warned the witness that answering every question with a shrug was impertinent and could be treated as contempt.
Law
In the novel the governess is dismissed for an impertinent reply to her employer, though the reader knows she was simply right.
Literature
The intern's impertinent email, copying the whole company on his complaints about the chief executive's decisions, ended his placement early.
Business
The butler's impertinent remark about the duchess's hat gets the biggest laugh in the film's opening scene.
Movies
The rookie's impertinent reply to the coach during a timeout earned him a seat on the bench for the whole fourth quarter.
Basketball
The minister called the reporter's question impertinent, though the audience felt it was simply one he preferred not to answer.
Politics
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