bushy-tailed
Example Sentences
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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
The ridiculousness, the kind of wide-eyed, bushy-tailed approach to life, and the kind of unapologetic nature of who she is, I think, is a great example for all women not to take ourselves so seriously.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
Sure, you can get carrots all year, but young, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed carrots are a warm-weather specialty.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2022
He closed his left eye and fit the bushy-tailed creature into a frame.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
