coltish

Example Sentences

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One of the youngsters was a coltish winger from Carmagnola, a pretty market town just south of Turin.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

And those girls are indeed a light: Sidney and Singleton show giggly chemistry as sisters and coltish joy on the tennis courts.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Ramirez muttered and sighed as the teens, with their baby faces and coltish bodies, bumbled a run-through.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2019

Fast forward 10 years and that coltish, mismatched City team seems entirely unrelated to the current high-spec model.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2018

Seeing him paw the ground and whinny only served to emphasize how leggy and coltish he had become.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood