- 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
Danielle's mum said she was "a free spirt" who had loved travelling in Australia and India – where she had helped to build schools and also volunteered in an orphanage.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
“He is like an evil spirt with this strange power to lure people into his trap,” she said.
From New York Times • May 14, 2023
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
One spirt from the arm of a man when he is being bled sets every nerve to trembling, and sometimes sends me fainting to the floor.
From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Morford, Henry
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