Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-spirited
Adjective
  • Emotional, joyful, sacred, and so us.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While the bar was set high with the first effort, the trio’s sophomore collaboration still delivered a large-scale display that was as joyful and entertaining as their first one.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Even its most mean-spirited plotline, in which a married couple assemble a fake theater production to humiliate their ex-neighbor whose noisiness prompted them to move, is presented as more of a gentle exercise in silliness than anything truly vindictive.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Swamp is notoriously rowdy and spirited, but there’s still plenty for families to do in Gainesville, game day or not.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The embrace ended with Daboll giving Dart an exuberant pat on the head.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The funny, exuberant and lavishly staged musical opened Thursday in its world premiere at The Old Globe in Balboa Park.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Fans have pointed to the former Big Machine label boss, who oversaw Swift’s early career and later clashed with her over ownership of her masters, as the likely target of this fiery track.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Investigators have since concluded that the item initially thought to be an explosive was debris from a fiery vehicle crash.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Throughout an offseason devoted to expansive training, that spirit was on full display — including during the lively knockout games at Prentiss’ gym.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Discussions about the fast-changing international TV distribution market are ten-a-penny at industry conferences, but the group made a lively and worthwhile contribution to the pantheon.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Prince of Wales, 43, was asked whether his youngest son has a spunky personality at his latest royal engagement.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That spunky spirit lingered into the nineties and early two-thousands.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The voice acting and vivacious musical presence of Gloria Estéfan is also a plus.
    Katie Grant, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
  • For a man known around the Pentagon as a relentless, humorless taskmaster, McNamara seemed virtually unrecognizable on the party circuit, mingling casually with journalists, fellow government officials, and vivacious Georgetown hostesses.
    William Taubman, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • As his star has risen, the performer born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio has become the most passionate and effective ambassador in Puerto Rican history.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Stay open to rapid communication, travel opportunities, or passionate connections.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
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