gameness

Example Sentences

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Too bad the weak body-swapping farce she’s given to play isn’t worthy of her gameness, a missed opportunity to fuse Lovecraft, Blake Edwards and Paul Verhoeven.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023

And the passing of melodic themes between the chorus and the orchestra at the convergence of the finale was a breathtaking display of Britten’s compositional dexterity — and the BSO’s gameness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2022

Morris cooed to her toddler as Hayes reached the limit of his gameness.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

A World-Herald sportswriter memorialized Flippin as “the charging bull, into which was bred the tenacity of the bulldog, the ferocity of the tiger, the gameness of the man who knows no fear.”

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2020

Well, I’m not going to lose my temper with you, Squire; in fact, I admire your gameness.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram