bushy-tailed
Example Sentences
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I do think a lot of times female protagonists have been very young and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and very plucky.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024
But just moments before he faded away, a bushy-tailed Swift Fox no bigger than a house cat swiped him up and gobbled him.
From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2023
It changed my life, and I’m so relieved that the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed kid was compelled enough to pick it up and judge it by its cover.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2023
While the Tetris player competes only with herself, Henk — played by Egerton with bushy-tailed zeal — must battle multiple, more powerful adversaries.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
"We have come for every bushy-tailed creature who lives in the clearing,' the Terrible Things thundered. "We have no tails,' the frogs said.
From "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting
