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

These two clowns may be a stuck in an infernal cosmic machine, in which the idea of free will is a joke, but you can sense that they’re chafing sassily within their programmed postures.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2014

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

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson