coltish

Example Sentences

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By starring in her own film, Lindon makes her own youth apparent as an artist, as well as the youth of her character, who remains coltish and childlike.

From Los Angeles Times

She plays Rose as coltish, feisty and a bit rough around the edges.

From Los Angeles Times

The subject is coltish, with a mature poise; one supposes she is tough as nails, if possibly also sweet as pie.

From Los Angeles Times

Jordan had progressed from a promising but coltish No 3 pick in the 1984 draft to the NBA’s first authentic international superstar; his rise paralleled, or rather propelled, the global rise of the league.

From The Guardian

“Oh, it has changed drastically in the five or six years” since she first entered the business as a coltish 15-year-old, she said.

From New York Times