spitfire
Example Sentences
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He’s also a widower who lost his wife not to some boring disease but in a way that only a real spitfire would go, by flipping her ATV.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
She was a real spitfire, star outside hitter Jordan Larson thought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024
A planned fly past by the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will no longer take place following death of a pilot in a spitfire crash last month.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
A Taiwanese American human rights lawyer by day, Chung imbues her debut novel — based in part on memories shared by her grandmother — with spitfire flair and real-life specificity.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
I don’t think I’ve seen anyone as graceful as this eighty-something-year-old woman, her body straight, her cane at her side, a spitfire glare on her face.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
