spriteliness
Example Sentences
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He is, after all, famously still babyfaced at 66, a physical spriteliness mirrored in his bright visual aesthetics and effervescent directorial tone.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
And with the help of the internet, the pendulum swung way to the other side: The cutesy spriteliness that used to haunt discussions of pregnancy was overwhelmed by a hyperspecific, anxiety-inducing array of horror stories.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2022
Everything is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression.
From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter
I am now passed from the spring to the autumn of my days, but I am without those comforts that should succeed the spriteliness of bloom, and support me in this melancholy season.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo
So also, and solely for our benefit, she assumed a vivacity and spriteliness that ill suited her, that having regard to her age and tendency towards rheumatism must have cost her no small effort.
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
