spitfire
Example Sentences
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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 planned fly past by the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will no longer take place following death of a pilot in a spitfire crash last month.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
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
“Well! However, I am afraid I asked for it You were always a bit of a spitfire... Queen Jenny.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
