malapert
Example Sentences
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"What! are we to sit here to listen to malapert railings against men of godly life and conversation?" he added, addressing himself to Winthrop.
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill
In Fleet Street we shall come upon Chaucer beating the malapert Franciscan friar; at Temple Bar, stare upwards at the ghastly Jacobite heads.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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)
"That malapert bumpkin will be no friend either to me or to your majesty," he said.
From St George's Cross by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)
"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
