minx
Example Sentences
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And Poppea, his beloved, is a scheming minx.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2017
Millions of women had reclaimed that slur in recent years when fashion’s newly minted minx, Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso, had dubbed us #GirlBosses in her best-selling book.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2016
The typical false reporter, she explains, is not “an evil minx who wraps the entire justice system around her little finger, just to hurt some poor, innocent man.”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2015
Answer: Surprisingly hilarious, thanks mostly to the antics of Ron’s second ex-wife—a bespectacled, psychotic minx played by Nick Offerman’s real-life partner.
From Time ● Jan. 14, 2015
She’d call me minx and try to hem me in with more specific instructions, which I would find new ways to evade.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
