spiky
Example Sentences
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Instead, I name my spiky friend and display him on my dresser, like a houseplant or oversized pet rock.
From Literature
All of them stopped obediently when Bronden decreed, to help cut the limp, spiky tips from the pine-smelling trees that were growing along the way.
From Literature
Smith was not like that in life, although she was described as “spiky” according to those who worked with her, she admitted to being nervous before each take, which explains her devotion to precise delivery.
From Salon
People were difficult—she felt herself grow spiky around them, liable to say the wrong thing and blush right up to her forehead—but the sky made perfect sense to her.
From Literature
Early on, the beats are spiky and distorted, and Rocky seems alternately irritated and angry.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
