sass

I had long admired her, especially the rollicking and indispensable “Slow Days, Fast Company,” first published in 1977, a charming and insightful series of stories bursting with pluck and sass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

Still, for all of the song's sass and flippancy, Raye is deadly serious about snaring a partner.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 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

It was her house, after all, and her prerogative, a phrase she used often when anyone wanted to sass her.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

"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

The four Lapham girls because he sassed them so—and then grinned.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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

In the course of sassing its forebears by burlesquing their excesses and teasing out their subtexts, the show hoots at the clichés of pop fiction and real life even as it indulges them.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 10, 2018

“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

I think she was trying to measure if I really had a lick of interest in sites of historical significance or if I was sassing her.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan