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
“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
The actress’s coltish thinness, accentuated by some of the costumes, here reads as delicacy.
From New York Times
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