irrepressible
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Because this is a low-key charity gig, the staging and lighting are minimal; but the star makes the room shrink, shimmying around in a jade green ballgown with irrepressible energy.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
The visitors were 59-1 at lunch, leading by 99, with Duckett on 28 and Pope not-out 24, digging in after the irrepressible Mitchell Starc again pounced in the first over.
From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025
The irrepressible funny man is using this difficult moment to take to the stage, offering a candid look at how his life has changed as he fights cancer.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
His reputation made him out to be the natural talent, who played with irrepressible joy and boundless creativity, but sometimes fell victim to lapses in concentration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2025
Instead of which, that undignified creature answered, with an irrepressible sob, “Because you are going away.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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Anna Karenina
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