feisty
Example Sentences
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Virtually unknown a year ago, Platner has barnstormed across Maine, delivering a feisty, anti-establishment message.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
"We'll have to monitor those feisty cumulus clouds and potentially a few showers and breezes as well," Mark Burger, the launch weather officer, said Tuesday.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Although Daisy does not have any lines in the film, the video game incarnation of her is known to be energetic and feisty.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The feisty heroine is Iris Hawkins, who, in the course of a tentative love affair with a nerdy engineer named Geoffrey Hale, discovers the pernicious designs of a secret order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Sasha and Malia were three and six years old now, feisty, smart, and growing fast.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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