spryness

Example Sentences

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Morton brings a refreshing comic spryness to Lear, playing him not as a doddering old man but as a vivacious, scampering jokester who expects to be treated as the life of the party.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2022

Sadly, much of Roks’ spryness on the course did, though, as he crept into his mid-40s and his golf game deteriorated.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 24, 2019

The film, as a whole, is missing the humor and spryness that was promised.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2016

His 170-pound frame has a spryness that has added an intriguing dimension of quickness to his all-around game.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2010

And at the words she saw that Mr. Gilman, for all his assumed nonchalant spryness, almost trembled with pleasure.

From The Lion's Share by Bennett, Arnold