sassily

Example Sentences

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He sassily said he was Lionel Messi, the Argentinian football star.

From Nature • Sep. 10, 2019

Well, here you go: The Hamilton creator unwittingly stoked the Rodriguez/Beatriz fire when Twitter user loudlysilent sassily replied to one of his motivational tweets:

From Slate • May 23, 2018

While usually clear and journalistic, Young’s prose constantly shifts registers, sometimes veering into cultural theorizing, at other times opting for sassily hip street talk.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017

They're from Sweden where they know a thing or two about how to formulate sassily strident chart music, and they're young enough to be steeped in the present but old enough to know their history.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2013

She tilted her head sassily and kept her eyes right on his.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson