perky

There are already a number of nonfiction projects about the case; weird killers always fascinate the public, as do attractive victims: The perky, blond Maddie and Kaylee were lifelong friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

She is standing in front of The Barefoot Contessa with her dark hair coaxed into perky curls, wearing a matching aubergine button-down and skirt.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

Storey said staff who were told to observe Gedel through the hatch in his cell door commented on "his perky demeanour".

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Hudson encourages the audience to use Claire’s stubborn buoyancy and perky accent as a life raft when Lightning & Thunder are deluged by extremely bad luck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

She had gray-blue eyes, long black lashes, a tilted-up nose, a big smiley mouth, and thick wavy brown hair piled high and perky on her head.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

"He's getting perkier and his injured eye looks better," Ms Smith said.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024

The situation evokes both Jean-Paul Sartre’s “No Exit,” where hell is defined as other people, and a perkier than usual episode of “The Twilight Zone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

Or we can wait for the perkier, sunnier treatment of that question by indulging in the return of Hulu’s “I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman,” starting its new season on Thursday.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2018

“The stronger and more toned the underlying muscles are, the perkier your breasts will be,” said Mr. Kirsch, who owns the Madison Square Club in New York.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2014

The whole animal, resewn and restuffed, had the same shape but a different bearing, the backs and necks straighter, the ears perkier; the eyes shone now with a knowing glint.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

The perkiest - by far - turned out to be the 90-year-old election guru so they did the obvious thing and popped him on set.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022

But these touches, not to mention the many needle drops from the era’s perkiest pop and soul, seem hardly necessary when Rylance’s shuffling, quirky brand of distracted optimism is its own engine of folksy positivity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

The composite purchasing managers’ index, a measure of business activity in which a reading above 50 indicates growth, stood at 59.5 in July, the perkiest since records began in 1998.

From Economist ● Aug. 8, 2013

Michelle Delamor: And speaking of perky, here comes the perkiest of them all.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2010

And once everyone was milling around and chatting, Roz began speaking in her perkiest voice.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown