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high-spirited

[hahy-spir-i-tid] / ˈhaɪˈspɪr ɪ tɪd /


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Jocelyn Bioh’s high-spirited ensemble comedy, vibrantly directed by Whitney White, took us inside the lives of the African immigrant women who work at a Harlem braiding salon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

Either way, the high-spirited jams are a throwback to a time when you still felt like clapping your hands, and maybe even saying “yeah. “

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025

Lives lived: Seiji Ozawa, a high-spirited Japanese conductor who directed the Boston Symphony Orchestra for decades, died at 88.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

The event was scriptless, to honor a compromise with striking writers, but chock full of high-spirited Broadway performances drawing raucous cheers from an audience clearly thrilled to be there at all.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

He sprang up, a smallish man, high-spirited and ebullient.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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