in-your-face
adjective
: characterized by or expressive of bold and often defiant aggressiveness
in-your-face basketball
also
: aggressively intrusive
in-your-face advertising
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Examples of in-your-face in a Sentence
an in-your-face attitude that sometimes puts people off
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On the runways, the in-your-face look has come in many flavors: Louis Vuitton and Chanel bring the glamour with carryalls dripping in rhinestones and sequins, while Gucci delivers a silver purse festooned with tiny circular disks all over.
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Kelsey Stewart, refinery29.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Jewell’s Elk Prairie Pinot Noir (Humboldt County) is a smooth and silky glass of comfort without the tug of aggressive tannins, the brashness of in-your-face fruit.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Burgundy offers just enough pop without being too in-your-face.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2024
Both were cozy and not in-your-face strong, in a good way.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kelsey Stewart, refinery29.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Jewell’s Elk Prairie Pinot Noir (Humboldt County) is a smooth and silky glass of comfort without the tug of aggressive tannins, the brashness of in-your-face fruit.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Burgundy offers just enough pop without being too in-your-face.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2024
Both were cozy and not in-your-face strong, in a good way.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for in-your-face
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“In-your-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-your-face. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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