- a variation of spurt.
spirt
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Aside from a mournful clarinet line in the first part of its third and final movement, the work had a surprisingly ebullient spirt for something composed by a Dane in 1944.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Prince Harry threw himself into the spirt of the party.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
Sharon Nelson told reporters her brother’s music will live forever and that his spirt “sneaks up on me sometimes.”
From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023
A democratic, egalitarian spirt reigned on the dance floor.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2022
I touched him on the shoulder, and he sprang to his feet like one dazed, brushing against the bracket and making the flame of the lamp spirt up with a sudden flare.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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