How to Use in-your-face in a Sentence

in-your-face

adjective
  • Both were cozy and not in-your-face strong, in a good way.
    — Shafaq Patel, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But that kind of in-your-face move could spark a messy veto fight.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But this in-your-face modern tragedy has something to say and says it with verve and style.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • His in-your-face classicism is the kind of thing critics love to fight about.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2024
  • Aries often prefer in-your-face wines, like a Cab, Brown says.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Suggs is one of the most in-your-face perimeter defenders in the NBA this season.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The subtext, and sometimes the in-your-face text is that exercise is mostly about weight loss and how one looks.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • No one ever accused Skrillex of subtlety, and this is prime in-your-face fun.
    — Pitchfork, 7 Dec. 2023
  • These pieces are all designed to fit the Jean Paul Gaultier narrative of cheeky, fun, and in-your-face clothing.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The Buckeyes play a fast, in-your-face type of hockey that relies on keeping players fresh with quick line shifts.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Rodrigo's whole look is a far cry from the brazen, in-your-face outfits of the 2000s: Her letting the fuzzy top be the focal point feels like just the right amount of statement.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2023
  • With no off-road package and an in-your-face mug that limits its approach angle, the LX lacks the off-road chops of its Toyota kin.
    — Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2023
  • At New York's Hudson Yards shopping center, any store with an in-your-face sale sign was drawing a crowd.
    — Jeannette Neumann and Olivia Rockeman Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
  • At New York’s Hudson Yards shopping center, any store with an in-your-face sale sign was drawing a crowd.
    — Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Think more subtle fir tree imagery and twinkling lights, than in-your-face Christmas decor.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
  • With their in-your-face style, the Panthers are bound to be fairly generous in putting their opposition on the PP.
    — Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
  • There’s tons of in-your-face werewolf action, big guns and lots of blood and guts in this throwback flick that would feel right at home in a drive-in double feature.
    — William Earl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t call them retreads, these are vital in-your-face live performances.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
  • On the other hand, Main Street has also proved a hot spot for films that want a little bit of in-your-face promotion by being seen up and down the hilly road.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The flavor of the boozy version isn’t nearly as in-your-face orange as its inspiration.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • Sculptural Statements These artful ear cuffs scream cool girl and make an in-your-face statement when worn solo.
    — Samantha Solomon, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Burgundy offers just enough pop without being too in-your-face.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement Part of that has to do with how early 1990s in-your-face filmmaking can still shock.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
  • The same goes for any in-your-face promos for solutions shoppers perceive as nonessential.
    — John Hall, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • There are elements of the brash, in-your-face sound of The Girls Are Back in town, but now it’s tempered with a sweeter, lighter approach that’s at times vulnerable.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Both have an in-your-face approach to coaching with the ideology defense should always come first.
    — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
  • And as many women know, that kind of in-your-face femininity can also be an armor.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Berg’s series pushes the limits of violence and cruelty, but his rugged, in-your-face style succeeds in keeping you on edge and spares no one.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Berg’s series pushes the limits of violence and cruelty, but his rugged, in-your-face style succeeds in keeping you on edge and spares no one.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • If anything, the Rainbow tracks illustrate the youthful grit with which Yes combined their virtuoso tendencies onstage with a certain in-your-face raggedness.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025

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