(1) Russell, with typical chutzpah, claimed it was the best thing he ever made.
(2) It takes some chutzpah and, let's face it, a lack of perspective for a celebrity to ask a war crimes tribunal for these sorts of restrictions, but perhaps we should expect no more from a woman who said that she had never heard of Liberia when she met Charles Taylor at a charity dinner given by Nelson Mandela in 1997.
(3) So the struggle to return to a kind of normal is evident – but so are the pride and chutzpah; the drive and ego that presumably help to keep a difficult show on the road.
(4) She was turned down when she applied to study art at Central Saint Martins, but when she told them the decision would ruin her life and she'd end up a "crackhead prostitute", they let her in for sheer chutzpah.
(5) Simply because he is not begging on a street corner (except when he's busking, which he does with glorious chutzpah) or drooling with a spent needle hanging from his arm, you presume he is doing fine.
(6) Whatever your view of Rich's approach to business, you had to admire his chutzpah.
(7) One writes off, with breathtaking chutzpah, a then-prominent school of Scottish painters as "a tiny, unimportant part of the international art world".
(8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Panama Papers explained An equivalent blast of Cameronian chutzpah today might work wonders again – assuming, of course, that no awkward secrets are still lurking behind the evolving denials.
(9) So to see someone with that chutzpah and bullet-proof, Teflon, confidence close up is fascinating.
(10) It takes a great deal of chutzpah to run for president of the United States.
(11) In 1984, with the chutzpah of youth, he launched himself in business.
(12) In the event, she didn't need to prove her chutzpah.
(13) The chutzpah of these attempts to build support for an increasingly unpopular fracking industry is astonishing.
(14) This involved a massive dose of chutzpah but it is clearly smart politics if they can pull it off.
(15) Now, it's not like the political class had an extraordinary annual general meeting and appointed Clegg as its new anti-Farage attack dog: with his customary chutzpah, he simply appointed himself to the role.
(16) It's bold talk, but so far, Lawrence's choice of roles has justified her chutzpah; her next project, Jodie Foster's The Beaver, is a "weird as hell film" (Lawrence's words) with Mel Gibson as a depressed man who communicates through his beaver hand-puppet.
(17) But with no little chutzpah, Qureshi even finds a way of folding that turquoise-coloured eyesore into a story of civic wonderment.
(18) By the end one could only admire West Brom’s chutzpah, a quality United appear to have temporarily mislaid.
(19) The word "chutzpah" is barely adequate to describe a lecture from the head of a school that is highly selective both academically and financially – it has one of the country's most distinguished academic records, and charges about £14,000 a year – accusing the state sector of excessive regard for commercialism.
(20) His blend of chutzpah and dynamism seduced many voters who felt he articulated their own exasperation with an ageing, sclerotic political class.
Gumption
Definition:
(n.) Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.
(n.) The art of preparing colors.
(n.) Megilp.
Example Sentences:
(1) It’s not just a matter of will or gumption or desire on my part.
(2) The other lumped the ball forward with neither the wit nor gumption to get behind the opposition defence on a single occasion.
(3) It will blitz much of London's south Camden because decades ago a rail planner thought businessmen deserved a more comfortable trip to Euston, and no one had the gumption to think otherwise.
(4) "When I look back on it now, I wish we had the gumption or the knowledge to realise at a very early stage that Fifa wanted something fundamentally different than what we were putting on the table," the minister said.
(5) His front players simply did not have the wit or gumption to examine whether City, without Kompany, might be at risk.
(6) In a city of hustlers, tricksters, and go-getters, where the right dose of swag and gumption gets you farther than a college degree can, Furo is a bumbling non-entity.
(7) Yet they played with a level of wit and gumption that has become rare among visiting teams to this ground.
(8) Unfortunately for England, they did not have the wit or gumption to do anything about it.
(9) Soames said: "If the Press Complaints Commission had any gumption or mettle … we would not need to refer this matter to the select committee."
(10) Rid them from our small island, came the still popular reply, especially those with the gumption to organise others.
(11) Quitting can show coworkers or colleagues who don’t quite have the gumption to get out of obviously bad situations that it can be done; it can inspire others to have the courage to change their lot, maybe in less brazen, more incremental ways.
(12) Is his bossness inherent, or is it something that I or anybody else could achieve with a little bit of gumption and a lot of front?
(13) Why did Labour here not have the guts and the gumption to do the same thing when it had the chance.
(14) Manchester City stay top after late drama against Norwich City Read more Wenger’s team were beaten twice by Swansea last season and gaining vengeance, especially amid an injury crisis, is the sort of achievement that gives credence to suggestions that Arsenal may finally have the gumption to become champions once again.
(15) President Peña-Nieto has the gumption to ask the Egyptian government this week “to perform an exhaustive investigation” looking into the reasons why Egyptian forces air raided and killed twelve tourists, eight of which were Mexican nationals, after allegedly mistaking them for terrorists.
(16) There were weaknesses in the prosecution case: no forensic evidence to link Matthews to Shannon's flat prison, and doubts that Donovan – described as "soft-headed" and "a weirdo" by neighbours – had the gumption to carry out a kidnap.
(17) Walters has been written off before, towards the end of Pulis’s reign, and came back strongly, endearing himself even further to Stoke fans, who are particularly reluctant to vent against ageing wingers, what with there being a statue outside their ground of Sir Stanley Matthews, who played for them until just after his 50th birthday and later declared: “It was a mistake to pack it in, I could have gone on for another two years.” If sheer gumption were enough for a player to play until his 50s, then Walters would be a good bet to make it.
(18) He has said his show is only necessary because journalists have abandoned their responsibilities through a mix of indifference and a lack of gumption that leaves viewers and readers with no real idea of what is going on.
(19) Microfinance became a powerful way of casting the poor as responsible for bootstrapping themselves out of poverty: all you need is a bit of gumption and some credit, and you should do just fine – if you fail, you have no one to blame but yourself.
(20) And hopefuly labour will have the gumption to remind them.