spitfire

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He’s also a widower who lost his wife not to some boring disease but in a way that only a real spitfire would go, by flipping her ATV.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

A Taiwanese American human rights lawyer by day, Chung imbues her debut novel — based in part on memories shared by her grandmother — with spitfire flair and real-life specificity.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

“She was a spitfire of a comic,” Fisher said by phone, “and she was glorious as a banjo player.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

It was billed as the remarkable true story of the football star, featuring Bullock as the spitfire mom who literally plucked the homeless Memphis teen off the road on an icy winter night.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Sure, my dad calls her a spitfire, and she is tough.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed