sass

In her debut as the secondary lead of “Rubies,” often described as having showgirl impact, the leggy and smilingly haughty soloist Naomi Corti hit all of her choreography’s marks with flair and sass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

House Democrats were furious, and sass was thrown around freely.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

With serves touching 150mph and plenty of on-court sass, Shelton announced himself with his run to the New York semi-finals in 2023.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

“Don’t you sass me, missy. I gave you the bowl because you’ll need it for lunch. Now clear on out.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

"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

He's the only one of you that sasses back, offers objections, overrules plans.

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney

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

With horrified expressions, they looked at me as though I had lied or sassed Grandma or grown a second nose.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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

Not exactly sassing back, but just about nearly.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver