feisty

Example Sentences

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"We'll have to monitor those feisty cumulus clouds and potentially a few showers and breezes as well," Mark Burger, the launch weather officer, said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

I've always loved those kind of feisty guys that, if they played for anyone else, you'd hate them.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

There’s hockey puck, lots of it: The rowdy U.S. women is barreling into the semifinals, and the NHL stars have finally returned to build a feisty U.S. men’s team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

The, at times, feisty debate came amid a gubernatorial race that thus far has lacked sizzle or a candidate on either side of the aisle who has excited Californians.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

And what's most disturbing is that Fifi, feisty, lively Fifi, is letting this man tell her what she can and cannot do.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez