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

Given the number of ballads she’d worked up, George asked Douglass and Littell to write a couple of new uptempo tunes; among the ones they came up with was the frisky “La Lune S’en Va.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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

Conrad, barefoot but wearing his green-striped bathrobe and jumping up and down like a frisky puppy, chased close behind Papa into the living room.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals