Example Sentences

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As the crew followed him around the golf course, he chatted confidently to them and when asked what he wanted to be when he was older, cheekily answered: "A racing driver!"

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Would I take a Jim-and-I trip again, as one Saltburn resident cheekily called my AI adventure?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Platt just wanted to have fun, as was the case in his moodily reworked rendition of Addison Rae’s social media hit “Diet Pepsi,” which he cheekily introduced as an American songbook treasure.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Van de Ven cheekily cupped his ear to the crowd before team-mates made a point of embracing him to show their support after Saturday's spat.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

As always in the Wizarding world, the photograph was moving; the wizard, who Harry supposed was Gilderoy Lockhart, kept winking cheekily up at them all.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling