spiritedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritedness
Noun
  • Image Weaver was a flawed man, but Miller’s book is largely a paean to his ebullience.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Image Weaver was a flawed man, but Miller’s book is largely a paean to his ebullience.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Late last week, some influential Democrats were saying that Lamont’s enthusiasm for his chief regulator may have cooled after PURA conceded destruction of the text messages.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
  • Throughout, the cast of 17 exudes an unmistakable enthusiasm for the material, the onstage electricity radiating up the alpine slopes of the Guthrie’s expansive Wurtele Thrust.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The vivacity of the art form broke through the screen courtesy of Erivo’s capacity to blast through any barrier with her truthful virtuosity.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • Thankfully, the astonishing Deirdre O’Connell has brought Francis to life with vivacity, humor, and grit.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Though the reason for these breaches is still somewhat murky, many scientists believe that coming up for air allows sturgeon to control their buoyancy.
    Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
  • Trousdale’s songs adroitly address female empowerment, loss, heartbreak, anxiety, mental health and other subjects while striking a winning balance between melancholia and buoyancy.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Their seltzer is the punk band of effervescence—a Clash album played on a turntable with deluxe Wharfedale W90 speakers.
    Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
  • The collective effervescence could not be contained.
    Raúl E. Zegarra, Time, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The brightness and color reproduction are lackluster, almost as if Acer deliberately found the most middling budget screen possible.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • To qualify as a bolide, an incoming meteor must reach the brightness of Venus, which, like the moon, is often visible in the daytime sky.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 June 2025
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“Spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritedness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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