frisky
Example Sentences
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High-end and low-end customers alike adored his frisky, unpredictable spirit — both on and off the runway.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
In this account of life with a wild creature—a being by turns serene and frisky, trusting and standoffish—Ms. Dalton connects readers with the strangeness of the natural world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
The S&P 500 is up a frisky 15% so far this year.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Her son Ajit, just beginning to walk, was full of life: frisky, restless, and curious about the world.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025
Soon as you open it up and let him out he’s frisky, happy to be free, happy to get out.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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