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Recent Examples of spunk Those recordings hold up for their crystalline sound and youthful spunk. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025 Further, students should embrace their true voice in the letter, showing their quirks, personality, and spunk. Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Like things could change for the better if only a few teenagers with the right balance of spunk and smarts showed up. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025 Think of Usher’s costume-leaning spunk, Erykah Badu’s eccentricity, Teyana Taylor’s punk sensibility, Lauryn Hill’s just-go-for-it attitude, and Gunna who is experimental at times. Julian Randall, Essence, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spunk
Noun
  • For her kindness and friendship, for her humour and irrepressible enthusiasm, for her curiosity, for her courage, and for her profound love of animals.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Shout out to Ayesha for giving voice to other married women who are grieving old identities and seeking the courage to craft new ones.
    Essence, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Murray-Boyles, Jamal Shead and Ja’Kobe Walter should be able to bring that grit to more starter-heavy lineups.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Mayfield is pumping confidence and grit into his team, and that could be a major reason why Shook has placed the Buccaneers passer over passing yards leader Matthew Stafford, and touchdown leader Jared Goff.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Red Mass is a Catholic Mass that celebrates the start of the judicial year and offers prayers for wisdom, counsel, and fortitude for judges, lawyers and public officials.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • So, how does a dancer build the stamina, endurance, and mental fortitude needed to push through a slew of performances?
    Ayana Underwood, Outside, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Moomins, created by Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson during WWII, are gentle, rotund trolls who live in Moominvalley, a magical place where adventures are always waiting around the corner and the values of friendship, bravery and respect are ever-present.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Police said due to the bravery of worshippers and staff at the synagogue, as well as the police response time, the suspect wasn’t able to get inside the building.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To some, that percentage is either an ominous sign for his entire offensive game or a signal that his free-throw shooting can improve as his stamina improves.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Steadier Energy Levels When taken together, magnesium and B6 may help reduce fatigue, improve stamina, and support steady energy throughout the day.
    Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the severity of Barkov’s injury hit Finland’s Olympic hockey team like a punch in the guts.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Loosely based on the life of ping-pong great Marty Reisman, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as the fictional Marty Mauser, a table tennis wiz coming up in 1950s New York City with the hyper-determination to become a world champion.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Bichette was ruled out for the ongoing series against the Yankees and the team has yet to reveal an official determination for any potential future playoff rounds.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Spunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spunk. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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