perky

Mr. Fukuyama is more perky in his accounts of scholars who shaped his intellectual trajectory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

She is standing in front of The Barefoot Contessa with her dark hair coaxed into perky curls, wearing a matching aubergine button-down and skirt.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

Storey said staff who were told to observe Gedel through the hatch in his cell door commented on "his perky demeanour".

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Hudson encourages the audience to use Claire’s stubborn buoyancy and perky accent as a life raft when Lightning & Thunder are deluged by extremely bad luck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

When Roy opened the front door again, Kelly Colfax was waiting with a perky smile.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

"He's getting perkier and his injured eye looks better," Ms Smith said.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024

The situation evokes both Jean-Paul Sartre’s “No Exit,” where hell is defined as other people, and a perkier than usual episode of “The Twilight Zone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

However, we prefer a perkier, sweeter start to our day in the form of this simple Meyer lemon tart.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021

“The stronger and more toned the underlying muscles are, the perkier your breasts will be,” said Mr. Kirsch, who owns the Madison Square Club in New York.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2014

The whole animal, resewn and restuffed, had the same shape but a different bearing, the backs and necks straighter, the ears perkier; the eyes shone now with a knowing glint.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

The perkiest - by far - turned out to be the 90-year-old election guru so they did the obvious thing and popped him on set.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022

But these touches, not to mention the many needle drops from the era’s perkiest pop and soul, seem hardly necessary when Rylance’s shuffling, quirky brand of distracted optimism is its own engine of folksy positivity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

The composite purchasing managers’ index, a measure of business activity in which a reading above 50 indicates growth, stood at 59.5 in July, the perkiest since records began in 1998.

From Economist ● Aug. 8, 2013

Michelle Delamor: And speaking of perky, here comes the perkiest of them all.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2010

And once everyone was milling around and chatting, Roz began speaking in her perkiest voice.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown