malapert

Example Sentences

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I dare say I looked over-long into one of the bright faces, and for a punishment was snatched into confusion by my malapert sister.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

"Take this malapert boy with the others," cried the squire to the constable, and I could see that he was much angered against me.

From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James

"I'll e'en fetch him to you myself, malapert," said Warrenton.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

Hush, Bess, thou 'rt malapert," chided her mother, descending heavily into the boat, while a mutinous young voice above called out,— "Nay, I'm not going.

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)

A child's outcry, more "malapert" than the priest, called the attention of the lingerers, and before any one knew, the passion of destruction had seized like a frenzy upon the people.

From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Reid, George