spriteliness

Example Sentences

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And with the help of the internet, the pendulum swung way to the other side: The cutesy spriteliness that used to haunt discussions of pregnancy was overwhelmed by a hyperspecific, anxiety-inducing array of horror stories.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2022

I am now passed from the spring to the autumn of my days, but I am without those comforts that should succeed the spriteliness of bloom, and support me in this melancholy season.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur

So also, and solely for our benefit, she assumed a vivacity and spriteliness that ill suited her, that having regard to her age and tendency towards rheumatism must have cost her no small effort.

From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

"Ha," cried sir William, with his wonted spriteliness of accent, "methinks the countenance of my Damon does not bespeak the sentiments that become a bridegroom."

From Damon and Delia A Tale by Godwin, William

His compositions, in gaiety of humour and spriteliness of wit, are without an equal.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William