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Before 9/11 and after, George Tenet suffered from pert loquacity.
They were pert and spoiled, untidy and noisy, although handsome and highly bred of feature.
He looked at Mandleco with immense disdain, gave a pert tilt of his head and surveyed the room with a grimace of distaste.
“It is, young man, and my name is Susan,” was the quick reply; some people might have called it pert.
Hardly had the quarryman pronounced these words when the door flew open, and a young and attractive woman entered with a pert air.
I'll fix you up for the rest of the day, but won't answer for your feeling pert to-morrow.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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