spitfire

Example Sentences

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She dressed as a spitfire pilot and wore a parachute tied to her back, as if she had just jumped out of the plane.

From BBC

"He volunteered to fight for Britain, and flew spitfires alongside two of his brothers and many others who have now been celebrated as Pilots of the Caribbean," she said.

From BBC

Coltrane’s studio albums, including “A Love Supreme,” had included more digestible helpings of spitfire improvising, held to the ballast of his quartet.

From New York Times

Screenwriters instead reimagined Mexicans as Latin lovers, Mexican spitfires, buffoons, peons, mere bandits and other negative stereotypes.

From Los Angeles Times

They also serve as welcome relief from female characters who too often hew to the “saucy Latina spitfire” trope.

From Washington Post