perkiness
- a word derived from perky.
Example Sentences
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All beauty pageant charm and perkiness, Crystal is like a Beth Henley character infused with a few drops of Martin McDonagh’s deranged fierceness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
Just keep a freezer-proof zipper top bag on the counter while you are cooking and add them to the bag, along with herbs that have lost their perkiness.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
The freshness, the color, the perkiness of its flesh are all gone, and all that’s left is a drab, slightly bitter pulp.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
The gulf between the perkiness of the backing and the torpor of the lyrics is impressively vast – Hayley Williams sings of emotional cruelty and breakdown over Chic-style guitar licks.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2017
We had nearly completed the first part of our adventure, so there was a certain home-stretch perkiness in our steps.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
