Example Sentences

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Christie might find an outlet for his spiritedness in the Republicans’ 2024 presidential competition.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

Swayze's tenacious, competitive nature and his zen-like good spiritedness were never more in force than near the end of his life.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2019

Egerton gives it his all, and if there’s one quality that’s most essential in an Elton John movie, it’s probably spiritedness.

From Washington Times • May 17, 2019

Before adjourning for sentencing, Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC told jurors he would be highlighting the "public spiritedness" of the people who rushed in to help on the day of the attack.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2016

At the thought, some of the spiritedness which her few weeks of independence had fostered in her asserted itself.

From Girl Alone by Austin, Anne