She returned the insolent gaze with one so full of steady strength and defiance that the girl's eyes dropped before it and she devoted herself assiduously to the open book which she held in her hand.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
Even if the real self keeps quite behind the screen, it's unfair; and if it keeps looking out, as yours does, it's insolent as well.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
His calm confidence, his smiling insolent air is intolerable.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr