How to Use impish in a Sentence

impish

adjective

• Just an impish grin and a wave to the crowd.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
• The hotel concierge is our impish rando in this one.
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
• Yolanda was still impish and unafraid to speak her mind.
  — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• His cheeks were red on somewhat pale skin, and his smile often impish.
  — Brian Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2018
• Schiff shucked the microphone and walked off with an impish smile.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Rotenberg has the squat and powerful frame of a wrestler, and a round, impish face.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
• Dionne, who combines keen intellect with an impish wit, went first.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• Joel Embiid is as impish as ever, but there is an edge to his trolling.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2019
• Back then, Hazel’s eyes had been bright and impish, her wispy white hair neatly pulled back with a shiny red clip.
  — Rachel Heng, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
• Katie, a playful 3-year-old with an impish smile, is largely non-verbal.
  — Jackie Mader, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2020
• The person sitting across from me on my computer screen was impish.
  — Daniel Riley, GQ, 1 May 2018
• How could the man behind such works of impish, mischievous sweetness be so very bitter?
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
• An impish face stared up at me, looking for a reaction, like a puppy who had just nosed over a ball.
  — Hillary Richard, New York Times, 11 May 2020
• Brad had come up onto his knees and was resting irresistibly on his heels, an impish grin across his face.
  — Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
• Thoma, a compact, bald fellow with an impish smile, also buys all the wine for the restaurant.
  — Ray Isle, Smithsonian, 23 May 2018
• Decked out in gemstones, Emhoff dared to be silly, to chance a bit of impish lightness.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2021
• Maarraoui will play Clara, the impish younger sister of Marie.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2021
• But Nathalie would never let this drop and would bring it up again years later with that wink in her eye and her impish smile.
  — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
• By third grade, the impish Pearson smashes a bully over the head with a bottle.
  — Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• Her impish grin smiled out from thousands of flyers posted on stop signs, store windows, and bulletin boards.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• For years, his default expression for the cameras was a catlike, impish grin.
  — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
• Mozart was infamous for his impish sense of humor, which is reflected in some of his music.
  — Quora, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
• Many people who know him described him as impish or mischievous, with a sense of humor that went just up to the line and often over it.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
• The impish comic with the wild fringe of long hair and a mustache always had new firepower up his colorful sleeve.
  — Dennis McLellan, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2022
• Keaton played the chaotic, impish spirit Betelgeuse whose name inspired the title of the film.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
• When Pirog played a flashy line, which was often, Vile let out a cackle, an impish, cowpoke whoopee ti-yi-yo.
  — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
• No one knew that better than the Wildcats’ impish trainer, Jake Nevin.
  — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• Both Colban siblings are soft talkers with impish, dry senses of humor.
  — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 24 Mar. 2026
• Sure enough, the impish and cool style is being dressed up (and down) with faux fur coats and grunge beauty galore for the holiday season.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
• The franchise brings a boyish, impish energy to the teen apocalypse genre.
  — Katie Walsh, idahostatesman, 25 Jan. 2018