pluckiness

Example Sentences

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Combined with the warmth of ginger and the pluckiness of traditional African spices, the bitter and sweet flavors of Red Drink were a liquid love letter in remembrance of a distant homeland.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022

It's some trauma, it's some garden variety naivete, and a kind of pluckiness that we all can, I think, identify with.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2022

The early buzz was all lucky-duck pluckiness: We can make the entire thing a signature green space!

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2018

Gaga isn’t much like any of them: She’s more like Liza Minnelli, who channeled some of her mother’s fragility but tempered it with pluckiness.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2018

She could not, however, keep back the indignation from her innocent young voice; and this indignation, being a sure sign in his mind of pluckiness, greatly delighted her companion.

From Sue, A Little Heroine by Meade, L. T.