roguishness

Example Sentences

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"Len was different to anyone else in the dancing business - he was a wonderful character, he had a roguishness about him - he had twinkle," he said in a statement online.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

That right-brained roguishness, the linguist John McWhorter tells us, sets profanities apart from ordinary words, which are mediated by the comparatively sober left brain.

From New York Times • May 4, 2021

The other good news—I guess it’s all good news today!—is that this is pretty age-appropriate roguishness, and not something you have to worry too much about.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2020

That loosely led, she says, to the political series "Scandal" and the legal roguishness of "Murder."

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2015

"With Conward & Elden," she answered, and the roguishness of her voice suggested that her despised femininity lay not far from the surface.

From The Cow Puncher by Stead, Robert J. C.