spiritedness

Example Sentences

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He said then that the "most important thing to the people across my constituency" was "restoring a sense of moral probity and public spiritedness to our political system".

From BBC • May 13, 2025

Christie might find an outlet for his spiritedness in the Republicans’ 2024 presidential competition.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

Swayze's tenacious, competitive nature and his zen-like good spiritedness were never more in force than near the end of his life.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2019

Of course, the driving force propelling these politicians was not only a high-minded ethos of public spiritedness: Ambition, ego and paternalism were also at work.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2018

Her two poor little charges learned the few things she could teach them, and their meek spiritedness gave her but little trouble.

From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson