coltish
Example Sentences
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One of the youngsters was a coltish winger from Carmagnola, a pretty market town just south of Turin.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023
The requirements of intimacy acting aside, she brings coltish physicality and expressive flush to all her scenes — whether lonely or laughing, aggravated or emboldened.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022
And those girls are indeed a light: Sidney and Singleton show giggly chemistry as sisters and coltish joy on the tennis courts.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021
Fast forward 10 years and that coltish, mismatched City team seems entirely unrelated to the current high-spec model.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2018
And then: her dark hair, her thin, coltish legs in her slim jeans, her big coat.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
