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
Moo Deng first went viral in 2024, when videos of her throwing temper tantrums, making of mess with her food, trying to bite her trainer and just overall being sassy were posted online by her zookeepers.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 July 2025
While the bottle is a conversation starter, so is the wine: fresh and sassy with light baby strawberries and early-summer red fruits.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
From the front seat, Rihanna turned around and snapped a few photos of the backseat, where Riot gave his mother a sassy stare, and RZA kept his face hidden behind a French workbook.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 July 2025
And in a company which faithfully recreates stiff 18th-century acting conventions, McCormack’s unapologetically sassy Semira was a welcome change of pace, drawing the afternoon’s biggest laughs.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 July 2025
While the bottle is a conversation starter, so is the wine: fresh and sassy with light baby strawberries and early-summer red fruits.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
From the front seat, Rihanna turned around and snapped a few photos of the backseat, where Riot gave his mother a sassy stare, and RZA kept his face hidden behind a French workbook.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 July 2025
And in a company which faithfully recreates stiff 18th-century acting conventions, McCormack’s unapologetically sassy Semira was a welcome change of pace, drawing the afternoon’s biggest laughs.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for sassy
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“Sassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sassy. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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