spitfire

Example Sentences

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That's a theme echoed in Castle Vale, an area which produced spitfires during World War Two and is still home to Jaguar Land Rover.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2022

With Total, he found a streetwise female trio of spitfires reminiscent of TLC.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2015

We looked like Victorian misfits sounding off, spitfires.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2013

Isabel Archer is easily one of the most attractive heroines in all of western literature, right up there with Austen's spitfires.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2011

Davos could see scorpions and spitfires behind the standing stones, and crossbowmen peering between them.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin