lusty
Example Sentences
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A couple of lusty blows got Pepper's strike-rate up to 133.33 when he was out for a 21-ball 28, but that was still way below Brook's 221.42.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
By the end of the two-hour hike that evening, three lusty male tarantulas had been spotted.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023
The actress Lilith Stangenberg launches into a lusty monologue about her love for the sea and sand.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023
The best parts of “Wildflower” involve Bea and Ethan’s romance, which is genuinely sweet and realistically lusty, even as it’s complicated by the challenges of their differing social classes and Bea’s many anxieties.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023
There was some light applause from the crowd and a conspicuous lusty cheer from the back of the tent that could only have come from a clump of my brothers.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing lusty
"Of Plymouth Plantation," Vocabulary from the historical account
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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