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

The men's words, uttered on one side in irritated languor and on the other with empty spruceness, had suddenly lifted her to the threshold of life.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca

Betimes the next morning the basha appeared, both driver and guard got up in a fine dark-green uniform, a spruceness it much tickled our vanity to mark.

From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Lowell, Percival

Even her new spruceness was a comparatively recent manifestation.

From Coquette by Swinnerton, Frank

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 Bennett, Arnold