perky

There are already a number of nonfiction projects about the case; weird killers always fascinate the public, as do attractive victims: The perky, blond Maddie and Kaylee were lifelong friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

When Pascal finally slaps Phoenix across the face, the joke is gone and what’s left is a petty, pathetic standoff, scored to Perry’s incongruously perky anthem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Not far behind is her perky - and unusual - cover of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

An overhead projector beamed a movie onto the dummy to her left, turning it into a perky woman who looked like Haley would probably look a couple of years after she graduated from college.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

"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

They might know areas of the hotel with perkier internet service.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023

Or we can wait for the perkier, sunnier treatment of that question by indulging in the return of Hulu’s “I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman,” starting its new season on Thursday.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2018

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