sauciness
- a word derived from saucy.
Example Sentences
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Instead, it’s cultural window dressing while Vardalos crams in one more dull joke about Nick’s manscaping, Greek voodoo or Voula’s sauciness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Without the sauciness and celebrity connection of her first book, “Cleaving” was not as well received, and although Powell continued writing, it was her last book.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
When the mushrooms and onions are where you want them, drop in minced garlic, a splash of cognac and enough cream to get the sauciness you’re after.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
Opening with versions of recent Girl album tracks given heft by wads of synthetic strings, he shows off his new-school persona: winking sauciness and wedding-band funk.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2015
The girl had the sauciness of a Shirley Temple.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
