roguishness

Example Sentences

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"Len was different to anyone else in the dancing business - he was a wonderful character, he had a roguishness about him - he had twinkle," he said in a statement online.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

The may exhibit a certain naivete or roguishness or even the desire to be left alone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022

There were elements of that roguishness in the ’80s and the ’90s, but after 9/11, the unit’s size and its operational tempo just exploded exponentially, and just the same, its problems exploded exponentially.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2022

That right-brained roguishness, the linguist John McWhorter tells us, sets profanities apart from ordinary words, which are mediated by the comparatively sober left brain.

From New York Times • May 4, 2021

Sometimes one had arched while the other remained quiet; this gave a winsome look of brightness and roguishness to her face.

From Wayside Courtships by Garland, Hamlin