spunkiness
Example Sentences
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Reid says, “Besides Riley’s spunkiness and sass, I loved the care she has for Ellie.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023
Really, though, between Johansson’s appealing groundedness, Bell’s hard-working aggression, Glazer’s woker-than-thou spunkiness and Kravitz’s playful allure, the casting is frankly the least of the movie’s problems.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2017
If its heroine, despite her spunkiness, is a little milquetoasty, at least she doesn’t pine for a guy—though how dumb is it that in 2016 we still have to compliment a kids’ movie for that?
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2016
This formal world on the edge of transition is the perfect context for Helena, a warring mix of servility and spunkiness, whom George Bernard Shaw saw as a precursor to Ibsen’s New Woman.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2011
The phenomenon of Harry Truman's reception might be explained by the U.S. citizen's sympathy for the underdog, by his admiration for spunkiness, or by just plain curiosity.
From Time Magazine Archive
