Noun
Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTemerity is not always successful. Livy
Don't accuse anyone with the temerity to question your sad supernatural fantasies of having a 'closed mind' or being 'blind to possibilities'. A closed mind asks no questions, unthinkingly accepting that which it wants to believe. The blindness is all yours." Charlie Brooker
We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon. Kary Mullis
SJWs can't forgive Shakespeare for having the temerity to be white and male. Richard Dawkins
There are 40,000,000 men under arms in the world today, and our statesmen and diplomats have the temerity to say that war is not in the making. Hell's bells! Are these 40,000,000 men being trained to be dancers? Smedley Butler
I imagined in everybody I passed there was some story that they carried with them that would break your heart. So how could you have the temerity to approach that person and say, here's what's wrong with you? Barry Lopez