Example Sentences

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She is tall and swears saltily, and yesterday, on her way from San Francisco, turned 53 at 30,000ft.

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2019

They all hurl insults at each other and Evan saltily demands money for his shirt that Chad tore, like three weeks ago.

From The Verge • Jun. 21, 2016

At the center of Richards’ work here is a philosophy that he saltily described in his autobiography, “Life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2015

And the series has stayed focused — saltily, irreverently, but always passionately — on a band of firehouse brothers and their loved ones.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2011

Her comments on people were saltily satiric and penetrative of accepted hypocrisies.

From Babbitt by Lewis, Sinclair