Example Sentences

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While the home fans are expected to bring a spikiness to Bethpage, Europe skipper Luke Donald and his US counterpart Keegan Bradley will deliver the bonhomie.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

She says this in a tone lacking emotional spikiness, accepting that truth as it is.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

The relationship between Lilún and Ranra beautifully captures the spikiness and tenderness of a new connection that could turn into something beautiful.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2022

Past research has pointed to the spikiness of the letter K, and roundness of the letter B, as the primary reason for the effect of “kiki” and “bouba” on English speakers.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 14, 2021

The smooth paving-stones; the scraped, hard, even, rutless roads; the neat gates and plates, and essence of border and order, and spikiness and spruceness.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John