feisty

Example Sentences

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Although Daisy does not have any lines in the film, the video game incarnation of her is known to be energetic and feisty.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"We'll have to monitor those feisty cumulus clouds and potentially a few showers and breezes as well," Mark Burger, the launch weather officer, said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Seo’s Janet is as feisty as she is loyal, making it easy to root for her and her quickly budding romance with McKnight’s worthy Alex.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The feisty heroine is Iris Hawkins, who, in the course of a tentative love affair with a nerdy engineer named Geoffrey Hale, discovers the pernicious designs of a secret order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

But she was feisty and tough, so she kept going and graduated from high school, too, a few years after I did.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau