smart-mouthed

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Quan continued this trend with “Loki,” in which his smart-mouthed, tech-savvy character Ouroboros is “a variant of Data from ‘The Goonies,'” according to his interview with Gold Derby.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

It’s Sessa’s film debut, and he makes the most of it playing a troubled, smart-mouthed student who isn’t old enough to eat cherries jubilee at a restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

By then, Mr. Breslin was a celebrity — the irrepressible smart-mouthed New Yorker writ large.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2017

Soon after that, she became the beloved soul sister of C-list high school girls everywhere, playing the brainy, center-parted, smart-mouthed Patty on CBS’s short-lived “Square Pegs.”

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

“You throw a lot of ‘sirs’ around but you’ve still got a real strong, real smart-mouthed, disrespectful streak in you, boy.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis