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

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 • Apr. 19, 2020

And then: her dark hair, her thin, coltish legs in her slim jeans, her big coat.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez