How to Use faze in a Sentence

faze

verb
  • You'll never succeed as a writer if you let a little bit of criticism faze you.
  • The news of this death doesn’t faze the young man at all.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2021
  • But the heat didn't faze fans, many of whom trekked from outside L.A. to see the game.
    NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Jennifer Ernst said her son is not fazed by the ouster.
    Mike Schell, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2024
  • That seed, though, won’t faze third-year head coach Scott Hare and his team.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The surge of interest in his work doesn't faze Gyasi, though.
    Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • Not even a three-ball, no-strike count to Kyle Schwarber could faze him.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 28 May 2021
  • Evan a strikeout in the first inning against Texas couldn't faze him.
    Brett Crossley, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The thought of feeding such a large crowd doesn’t faze him, Roman said.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • On the one hand, some customers were not too fazed by the size or nature of the recall.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023
  • That's a hard place to get to where those rejections don't faze you.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • But a few cuts and scrapes aren’t going to faze Jeanine.
    Martin Holmes, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Even a stray tee shot on the 14th hole didn't faze Harrington.
    Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The way the Los Angeles Kings are playing, not much seems to faze them.
    Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But my favorite gravel path didn't faze the bike at all.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The Tigers have not let the unexpected break faze them.
    Giana Han, al, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Chappelle seemed to argue Musk is above the rest of us, so the booing wouldn’t even faze him.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The bird seemingly wasn’t fazed by the wound or the projectile that caused it.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Head coach Brandon Thomas said the early deficit didn’t faze him.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • But the prospect of taking on such a grand property didn’t faze them.
    Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • If the loss of life doesn't faze you, there's this: Drug overdoses cost a lot of money.
    Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Wearing knee-high socks in the summer seems to be a trend that doesn't faze Hadid.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Aug. 2022
  • But most don’t see fazed either way and aren’t bothered.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2024
  • High gasoline prices have not seemed to faze most drivers.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Such threats don’t seem to be fazing investors, who have pushed the stock market to record highs.
    Ben Casselman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Playing with 21-year-old linemates didn’t faze Ryan, who has a dozen years on them.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Alabama might not be favored to win the SEC West this year, but the linebacker wasn’t fazed.
    Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
  • Capitol violence, and the threat of more to come, don’t faze investors.
    Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The mounting havoc seemed to faze her no more than a class of rowdy toddlers.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
  • But Spoelstra did not seem fazed by their poor shooting.
    Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023

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