Example Sentences

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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

“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

Varys tries sassing her, which backfires: she elevates the art of eunuch-taunting to a level that should make Tyrion feel ashamed.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016

Derric wasn’t a violent kid in school, but he wasn’t above sassing off in class, or getting others into trouble because of his verbal antics.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger