as in graceful
moving easily
an older woman who's still surprisingly spry
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Recent Examples of spry
With the weight positioned at the bottom of the rig and a twitchy, spry soft plastic hovering and dancing a foot above it, the idea is the bait can be shaken in place for a long time, coaxing lock-jawed fish into biting without your offering ever leaving the zone.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
Spry as any deep-sleeping eighteen-year-old might – nineteen in a few weeks all right but, by any measure, pretty spry.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
Though Stafford is still spry enough to elude pressure, interior pressure is especially hard on older quarterbacks.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The spry legs that carried him to the Pro Bowl were no more, although the Bears’ head coach, Mike Ditka, did not leave him stationary in the pocket.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
Spry as any deep-sleeping eighteen-year-old might – nineteen in a few weeks all right but, by any measure, pretty spry.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
Though Stafford is still spry enough to elude pressure, interior pressure is especially hard on older quarterbacks.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The spry legs that carried him to the Pro Bowl were no more, although the Bears’ head coach, Mike Ditka, did not leave him stationary in the pocket.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for spry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spry
Adjective
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Because exits in sports seldom are graceful.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Sep. 2025
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Adorned with Japanese flowers and trees of the season, the vase gives a dignified, graceful welcome to visitors arriving in the main entrance lobby.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The age of decentralized and hybrid warfare demands a more agile and innovative Western response.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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These changes are about building a stronger, more connected, and agile organization that can deliver on our goals and compete at the highest level.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Spry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spry. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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