high-spirited

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These are high-spirited, action-oriented animals that also embrace new experiences, explains Lau.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Either way, the high-spirited jams are a throwback to a time when you still felt like clapping your hands, and maybe even saying “yeah. “

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025

Ms. Springsteen’s high-spirited ethos, ever-present, seemed to be the through line in her life, and one that buoyed the lives of the people around her.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

The event was scriptless, to honor a compromise with striking writers, but chock full of high-spirited Broadway performances drawing raucous cheers from an audience clearly thrilled to be there at all.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Pumphrey warns Booth that the mare is extremely high-spirited.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly