Examples of impish in a Sentence
the gang of impish children ran into the street, utterly oblivious to the traffic
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The impish Reeves brings puppy-dog codependence to the scruffy Estragon, who leans on Vladimir as his body and memory fail him.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
For years, his default expression for the cameras was a catlike, impish grin.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
For his last songs of the night at nearly 1 a.m., the entire day’s lineup of performers joined him onstage, and his characteristically impish smile back at them was really something special.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Despite the austerity of her ambitions, there are moments of lush imagination that leaven the tone somewhat, like a dream sequence in which Teresa, furiously making bread in the middle of the night, is teased by an impish child.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
For years, his default expression for the cameras was a catlike, impish grin.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
For his last songs of the night at nearly 1 a.m., the entire day’s lineup of performers joined him onstage, and his characteristically impish smile back at them was really something special.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Despite the austerity of her ambitions, there are moments of lush imagination that leaven the tone somewhat, like a dream sequence in which Teresa, furiously making bread in the middle of the night, is teased by an impish child.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impish
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“Impish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impish. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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