sassier; sassiest
Examples of sassy in a Sentence
Director J. J. Abrams has put the pop back in summer popcorn movies. His Star Trek, an exciting and sassy revamp of the classic sci-fi TV show and film series, is a blast in every sense of the word.
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Leah Rozen, People, 18 May 2009
Tamara, a youngish assistant district attorney who was wearing heels, Levi's, and a sassy blazer, was placing a tablecloth and vase with pink flowers on a table bearing a pink Sweet Sixteen banner and three pink-frosted Sams Club birthday cakes inscribed with "bring," "them," and "home" in black cursive icing.
—Samantha M. Shapiro, Mother Jones, March/April 2007
You might be in London, but the scene—from the counter stools and padded booths to the sassy waitresses and overhead TVs—is pure southern honky-tonk.
—Gourmet, March 2005
She bought some sassy high heels.
The kid gave a sassy answer to the question.
Leah Rozen, People, 18 May 2009
Tamara, a youngish assistant district attorney who was wearing heels, Levi's, and a sassy blazer, was placing a tablecloth and vase with pink flowers on a table bearing a pink Sweet Sixteen banner and three pink-frosted Sams Club birthday cakes inscribed with "bring," "them," and "home" in black cursive icing.
—Samantha M. Shapiro, Mother Jones, March/April 2007
You might be in London, but the scene—from the counter stools and padded booths to the sassy waitresses and overhead TVs—is pure southern honky-tonk.
—Gourmet, March 2005
She bought some sassy high heels.
The kid gave a sassy answer to the question.
Recent Examples on the Web
The sassy show about a haunted house in San Diego was hilarious and jump-out-of-your-seat spooky.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
That wasn't strange in itself—she'd spent the morning dancing around the living room to music and was her usual energetic, sassy self.
—Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
The script is sassy and fun and the cast — Nadler, Helene Udy, Sandra Cruze, Ethan Corn, Jessica Kinsella, Ty Chen and Maya Worthy — make for most pleasant company as Josh grapples with grief, lust and the realization that perfection is indeed an illusion.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Five minutes after that, o4-mini presented a correct but sassy solution.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 6 June 2025
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Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
That wasn't strange in itself—she'd spent the morning dancing around the living room to music and was her usual energetic, sassy self.
—Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
The script is sassy and fun and the cast — Nadler, Helene Udy, Sandra Cruze, Ethan Corn, Jessica Kinsella, Ty Chen and Maya Worthy — make for most pleasant company as Josh grapples with grief, lust and the realization that perfection is indeed an illusion.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Five minutes after that, o4-mini presented a correct but sassy solution.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 6 June 2025
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“Sassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sassy. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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