spunkier; spunkiest
Examples of spunky in a Sentence
a spunky determination to make the best of a bad situation
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Ben Savage as Cory Matthews As the titular boy in Boy Meets World, Savage played the spunky, baseball-loving Cory, a well-meaning kid who sometimes found himself in sticky situations.
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Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
That spunky spirit lingered into the nineties and early two-thousands.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Months away from becoming an octogenarian, Neil Young remains as spunky, fearless and outspoken as any major artist of his generation — let alone those who followed.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
That spunky spirit lingered into the nineties and early two-thousands.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Months away from becoming an octogenarian, Neil Young remains as spunky, fearless and outspoken as any major artist of his generation — let alone those who followed.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
From the author of The Firekeeper's Daughter comes this spunky new mystery about a foster child looking to reclaim her history — her own way.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spunky
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“Spunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spunky. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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