sass

I had long admired her, especially the rollicking and indispensable “Slow Days, Fast Company,” first published in 1977, a charming and insightful series of stories bursting with pluck and sass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

Sung by Dara, a proven pop star with a clutch of Top 10 singles, it's brilliantly unhinged and full of sass.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

In her own way – with a mixture of sass, fun and her distinctive cup of ambition – Dolly Parton asks us to do the same.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026

Still, for all of the song's sass and flippancy, Raye is deadly serious about snaring a partner.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

Despite the sass coming out of my mouth, my legs were shaking.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

"Witty remarks won't make a difference," Sansa sasses, but she soothes the burn by telling him, quite tenderly, that he was the best of all her husbands.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2019

Even as she eye-rolls and sasses Christian, there is no demand with which she ultimately declines to comply, from skipping out on her work trip to committing to spend her life at his side.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2017

So instead, we get the lumpy neo-reggae of “Unapologetic Bitch,” in which she sasses a boy-toy: “See you trying to call me, but I blocked you on my phone.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2015

She sasses her angry mom, cruises the mall with her girlfriends and dreams of a boy who will hold her close and sing to her.

From Time Magazine Archive

Plants out queer sasses in boxes all the time, and some of 'em on the balcoany itself.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 by Various

Mr. Ghesquière’s modern-day stray cats had patchwork jackets sassed up with leopard print, but also great tailored pieces, like cocooning, almost corseted-looking blazers.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2017

Another sassed, “If you have to ask ..you havnt done it properly..LOL.”

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2014

She sassed the audience until it talked back.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2010

Jay Leno will be sociably sassed by fellow TV staples as he accepts the Kennedy Center’s 17th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct.

From Washington Post

He was being evasive, and that, on top of being sassed by someone my own age, frustrated me.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Jennie, Rosé, Jisoo and Lisa easily nailed a mix of Coachella cool and K-pop razzle-dazzle, stomping and sassing beneath a towering temple roof and making the most of the gigantic stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Lee steals every scene she's in, whether she's wordlessly transfixed by pulling a thread taut between her fingers or sassing a religious game player.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2021

We don’t actually see Arnold and Ed onstage together until they’re on the verge of breaking up, by phone, months later; Ed is dating a woman, and Arnold is whining and sassing.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2018

“If you took a family photo right now, you got Grandma with an oxygen tank, probably sassing the photographer.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2016

Derric wasn’t a violent kid in school, but he wasn’t above sassing off in class, or getting others into trouble because of his verbal antics.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger