: characterized by or expressive of bold and often defiant aggressiveness
in-your-face basketball
also : aggressively intrusive
in-your-face advertising

Examples of in-your-face in a Sentence

an in-your-face attitude that sometimes puts people off
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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 As rain pours over a lake, the electric charge zigzags through the sky for an otherworldly brawl in a movie that consistently delivers in-your-face visual spectacle. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025 The goal is honest expression, not in-your-face experimentation. Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025 The newcomers are aggressive, favoring in-your-face advertisements over partnerships with luxury brands or mingling at high-society events to identify potential clients. Kevin Lim, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in-your-face

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of in-your-face was in 1982

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“In-your-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-your-face. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

in-your-face

adjective
ˌin-yər-ˌfās
: characterized by bold and often defiant aggressiveness
in-your-face basketball
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