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high-spirited

[hahy-spir-i-tid] / ˈhaɪˈspɪr ɪ tɪd /


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High-spirited exchanges about “Scream” and “Halloween” fill the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

High-spirited and eye-catching, the aesthetic dynamism in Dutch filmmaker Sam de Jong’s sophomore feature “Goldie” mirrors its resolute title character.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2020

High-spirited and rebellious from a young age, she dreamed of a singing career like her idol Doris Day.

From New York Times • May 7, 2015

High-spirited as ever, Ai marched back and forth across the small room, showing Pi San how he had lost so much weight.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2011

High-spirited, self-willed, and self-absorbed though not selfish, she had struggled long against those cords of love which were drawing her out of the pathway of error and death.

From Amos Huntingdon by Wilson, Theodore P.




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