sassy

“She had a very sassy attitude, and she had her hand on her hip and her head back with the hair flowing. I was like, ‘Yeah, I can do that.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Viral baby elephant Linh Mai is apparently pretty sassy.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

Or, when the bot feels sassy: “Not X. Not Y. But Z.”

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

Insider info: The actress Tânia Maria—who plays the sassy woman who takes in Moura’s character—has become such a phenomenon in Brazil since the film’s release she’s doing Heineken and Burger King ads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

“Ah,” he said, “I see you fixing to be sassy with Brother Elisha tonight—I'm going to have to give you a little correction. You just wait till I wash my hands.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Modifying weights can make a model more polite, sassier or more prone to hallucination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

One of the sassier stars of “Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta” decamps to the Sunshine State in the new reality series “Joseline’s Cabaret: Miami.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2021

I saw skyscrapers in the distance and heard mention of a twin — a sparklier, sassier, busier, bigger city slightly to the west.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2019

For British contestants, likely weaned on the screaming matches and snogs of “Big Brother” and “The Only Way Is Essex,” the precedent is to be sassier, unbridled, more candid.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 10, 2019

“They’re getting sassier every day,” she said loudly.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

"My goal when I put on the music is let me do the coolest shapes in the sassiest of ways," she says.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Then, after she and Cindy Williams guested on a scene-stealing 1975 episode of "Happy Days," their characters were spun off to become mid century Milwaukee's sassiest brewery workers, "Laverne & Shirley."

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2018

And then there’s Jen Sincero, the sassiest of them all.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2016

One of the new album's sassiest tracks, "Blank Space," was sparked by what was being written about her in the tabloids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2014

I tell 'er of all my young ones she's the prettiest and the sassiest.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Fannie Hurst