feisty
Example Sentences
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A feisty audience watches from the balcony or nearby monitors, where the action—and their prediction bets on it—flashes on the screens.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Virtually unknown a year ago, Platner has barnstormed across Maine, delivering a feisty, anti-establishment message.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
“I know a lot of feisty, fun, and intelligent women and I knew when I met her that she was one of them.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
And Melissa Howard of the New Orleans season showed me how you can be 5-foot-2 and unapologetically feisty — as someone with a similar build and demeanor, I took that to heart.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“My, you are a feisty thing. If Ethyne is not able to fix your wing, rest assured that we will make you a comfortable home and life for the rest of your days. Ethyne...”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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