spruceness

Example Sentences

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The pleasure of his “Horseplay” comes principally from the spruceness of his rhythm and the way he makes each phrase feel brim full.

From New York Times • May 29, 2013

A new, a surprising spruceness had laid hold of him.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie

There was no spruceness of biweekly mowing about the lawn, no ambitious spick-and-spanness about the old, white, wooden, green-blinded cottage itself, but rather a restful mossiness of ancient respectability.

From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Eggleston, Edward

He came early in the evening, with his usual air of determination and a somewhat unusual spruceness.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Some of the gentlemen celebrated the occasion by an unusual spruceness of attire, and others by being sober enough to attend to business.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady