feisty
Example Sentences
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Virtually unknown a year ago, Platner has barnstormed across Maine, delivering a feisty, anti-establishment message.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
Felix Passlack, a feisty and impressive operator in the rearguard battle, lost the run of himself.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
And Melissa Howard of the New Orleans season showed me how you can be 5-foot-2 and unapologetically feisty — as someone with a similar build and demeanor, I took that to heart.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
It was a feisty move by Burger King, whose $11.1 billion in annual U.S. sales are dwarfed by the No. 1 chain McDonald’s $55.1 billion, according to market-research firm Technomic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Adams had expressed his feisty and passionate objections to the Jeffersonian constructions in one last catharsis.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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