spruceness
Example Sentences
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The pleasure of his “Horseplay” comes principally from the spruceness of his rhythm and the way he makes each phrase feel brim full.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2013
A new, a surprising spruceness had laid hold of him.
From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst
Even her new spruceness was a comparatively recent manifestation.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
In the meantime all that nastiness seems absolute spruceness, that stench a perfume, and that miserable slavery a kingdom, and such too as they would not change their tyranny for Phalaris' or Dionysius' empire.
From The Praise of Folly by John Wilson
Simon had that air of absolute spruceness and freshness which in persons who have stayed at home is so extremely offensive to persons who have just arrived exhausted and unclean from a tiresome journey.
From Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Arnold Bennett
