It was probable that he too had learned something, the insolence, as his cousin had termed it, of his past attitude having so recoiled upon himself.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
Yet the effect of her courtesy was an impression not of kindness, but of insolence.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
The covert insolence in his voice was thinly veiled by a respectful intonation.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey