zestful

Example Sentences

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That’s all because we say that most of the interesting stuff is done by volunteerism and entrepreneurship and will, zestful building, not by the coercive powers of the state.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

At 40, Lansbury stormed the New York stage in 1966 as the zestful, eccentric star of “Mame,” a part she almost didn’t get because producers perceived her as “that lady who plays everybody’s mother.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Last week, I called and listened to Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee,” then called back and heard a zestful reading of a New York Times excerpt about the Great Seattle Fire, published in 1889.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2020

A zestful 18-year-old’s experience told, thanks in part to his lifelong writing block, with the dazzling style of a far older man.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020

When Brink hung up, Fitzgerald had a look of zestful anticipation on his face.

From The Ambulance Made Two Trips by Leinster, Murray