the gang of impish children ran into the street, utterly oblivious to the traffic
Recent Examples on the WebBorsodi is an impish and energetic fifty-eight-year-old.—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024 This impish figure scurries down the nun’s arm to disrupt the ceremony, causing Indika, who can scarcely believe her eyes, to lose her bearings and fall over.—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 1 May 2024 Yet behind his impish persona is a troubled childhood marked by bouts of physical and emotional abuse.—William Earl, Variety, 21 May 2024 The first personality to emerge in that therapy was Tommy, an angry boy, followed by others, like Bobby, an impish teenager, and Baby, who revealed what appeared to have been abuse when Dr. Oxnam was very young.—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for impish
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