sass
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The shows are part of her biggest tour to date, which showcases a newfound confidence - in terms of styling, sass and choreography - from an artist who initially performed under a shroud of anonymity.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 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
Olson’s penchant for petulance, spite and sass while still remaining loveable — See: Fox’s short-lived "The Mick."
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Before that reveal, she’s playing a young adult with sass and a great sense of humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
"Don't give me sass, boy. You think I can’t see?"
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
"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
De oberseer sasses de marster some more, an' den I sees de marster fairly loose his temper for de first time.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 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
It started out ’cause Cooter Bixby went and sassed Mr. Travis when he didn’t know he’d done it and when he didn’t mean to do it.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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
“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
Varys tries sassing her, which backfires: she elevates the art of eunuch-taunting to a level that should make Tyrion feel ashamed.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
Billington was not among the company of saints, to put it mildly; within six months of arrival he became the first European in America to be tried for sassing the police.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
