Example Sentences

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The scampish Duchess has some scores to settle, and the melancholy Woolly mentions a cash inheritance locked in a safe in upstate New York.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021

For the sitcom’s run from 1989 to ’93, Zack’s early adoption was a totem of his Los Angeles affluence and his wheeling-and-dealing scampish streak.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2012

Mr. Bosworth’s expansive, scampish personality was stamped everywhere, so much so that it was common to speak of a cult of personality at the school.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2011

He is a scampish servant of classical comedy, who cleverly manages his master's life without neglecting his own comfort.

From Time Magazine Archive

What I blame you for is for having drawn upon me—good and peaceful corpse that I was—the attention of these scampish Crusaders.

From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Sue, Eugène