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How to use waggish in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word waggish? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
It put a face to the voice, so often heard on local radio telling waggish tales of country life.
In transcribing clumsy translations of the titles, I noticed that de Pomiane's titles were often waggish.
Still, there is an irony to it that may appeal to Boris's waggish nature.
Passengers at Haymarket station are sustained in their long vigils by the wit of a waggish train announcer who does his best to bring cheer to their dismal existences.
The third-day story, as I recall, fell to John Kifner, then a waggish youngster, later a great foreign correspondent.
Blurring the line between car and a motorbike, this waggish tweener is the latest from the ATV Czar Polaris.
Drawing on his naval experience, he then portrayed the waggish Lieut.
The talented 10-strong cast take a number of roles, with Beatie Edney's waggish Duchess and plaintive Mock Turtle and Pippa Haywood's harsh Queen standing out.
From 1760 to 1762 Boswell studied law at home under strict supervision and sought release from boredom in gallantry, in a waggish society called the Soaping Club, and in scribbling.
Here's a carcase. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing. Such a waggish leering as lurks in all your horribles!
Examples from Classical Literature
I know you to be a wag by nature, and you must play the waggish actor.
Scrooge was not much in the habit of cracking jokes, nor did he feel, in his heart, by any means waggish then.
What a chance for some waggish baboon to drop a nut or a berry in!
She stood up, and there came over her faded face a waggish expression.
Her waggish and malicious look, which Raoul tried to avoid meeting, and which yet he sought inquiringly from time to time, placed him on the rack.
And now you shall listen to the Winsome Waggish Warblers, who have often cheered me in my moments of anguish.
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