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Recent Examples of feisty Local authorities, including the Lee County Sheriff's Office, were called to collect a feisty alligator seen picking a fight with an orange lawn chair on a resident's front porch on Friday, May 9. Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 12 May 2025 The above first-look clip shows Squibb as Eleanor in feisty form. Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 9 May 2025 Marchand is a 16-year NHL veteran who has established himself as a feisty, offensively gifted forward who is also strong defensively. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025 To attract colorful and feisty hummingbirds, keep their feeders full of nectar. Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feisty
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Adjective
  • However, thanks to aggressive conservation efforts, including predator control programs, habitat restoration, and breeding initiatives, several kiwi species have seen rebounds.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • Even so, the aggressive play in this post-season has stood out.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • Israel blames civilian casualties on Hamas because the militant group operates from civilian areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
  • Saturday's summit comes two months after Israel ended a ceasefire reached with the Hamas militant group in January.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • And Marguerite did actually manage to live there for years, scraping together a life on the hostile tundra.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
  • And this is a very hard-line government that has taken a kind of hostile view of everybody in the region.
    Obed Manuel, NPR, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • This is a flawed sin; trying to make something happen in a contentious area with a bunch of people who had their own history.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
  • Last week, America welcomed the first group of South African Afrikaans refugees to the country, a move which has proved contentious.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025

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“Feisty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feisty. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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