spitfire
Example Sentences
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But you were a spitfire when you were little, I’ll say!
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The iconic red brick building which houses Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum contains thousands of artefacts - from a full sized elephant beneath a spitfire to Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
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
I don’t think I’ve seen anyone as graceful as this eighty-something-year-old woman, her body straight, her cane at her side, a spitfire glare on her face.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
