friskier; friskiest
Examples of frisky in a Sentence
The kids were frisky after all that candy.
a frisky kid who keeps the class in stitches with his jokes
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Nilsson’s depiction of bodies past their prime conjures not the pitiless naturalism of Joan Semmel or Alice Neel, but something friskier, more delighted.
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
In one scene, Little Death lays outrageously bloody waste to the frisky incoming counselors of Camp Miasma (played by Zach Cherry, Quintessa Swindell, and Eva Victor, among others) in a long take set to a needle drop that shouldn’t be spoiled but that adds up to something worthy of blissing out to.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Suppler than Tom Paxton’s original; not as frisky as Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton’s cover.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Then the Timberwolves got frisky.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
In one scene, Little Death lays outrageously bloody waste to the frisky incoming counselors of Camp Miasma (played by Zach Cherry, Quintessa Swindell, and Eva Victor, among others) in a long take set to a needle drop that shouldn’t be spoiled but that adds up to something worthy of blissing out to.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Suppler than Tom Paxton’s original; not as frisky as Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton’s cover.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Then the Timberwolves got frisky.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for frisky
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“Frisky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frisky. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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