coltish

Example Sentences

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One of the youngsters was a coltish winger from Carmagnola, a pretty market town just south of Turin.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

The requirements of intimacy acting aside, she brings coltish physicality and expressive flush to all her scenes — whether lonely or laughing, aggravated or emboldened.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022

And those girls are indeed a light: Sidney and Singleton show giggly chemistry as sisters and coltish joy on the tennis courts.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021

But the Met orchestra sounded warm and alive, if a little uncharacteristically coltish at times, eager but a little sloppy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2019

A tall, skinny, coltish girl, all legs and elbows, her brown hair was woven in a thick braid and bound about with strips of leather.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin