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
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
Jordan had progressed from a promising but coltish No 3 pick in the 1984 draft to the NBA’s first authentic international superstar; his rise paralleled, or rather propelled, the global rise of the league.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2020
Ramirez muttered and sighed as the teens, with their baby faces and coltish bodies, bumbled a run-through.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2019
Seeing him paw the ground and whinny only served to emphasize how leggy and coltish he had become.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
