high-spirited

Example Sentences

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These are high-spirited, action-oriented animals that also embrace new experiences, explains Lau.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

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

Mr Hill said queues could be "high-spirited" and there was sometimes jostling but it was "nothing like a football crowd".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

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

Accustomed to their mother’s long workdays and their father’s extended absences, they missed Dorothy, but her departure didn’t interrupt their high-spirited lives replete with family, friends, and school.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly