Example Sentences
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The problem is that when he wrote well, you remembered his waggishness.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2019
At the controversy’s peak, Peele tweeted simply, “It’s a documentary,” poking the beehive with characteristic waggishness.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2017
Though Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison—with the permission of the author’s estate—have somewhat expanded and changed Dahl’s story, The BFG honors the author’s whimsical, waggishness impropriety.
From Time • May 16, 2016
Joviality and waggishness may not be traits you immediately associate with the Stalinist secret police.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2016
He breathed a sigh of relief and recovered his waggishness.
From The Convert by Robins, Elizabeth
