sprier
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Two tracks later comes “Hard Piano,” a collaboration with Rick Ross, who’s fresh off a health crisis but has rarely sounded sprier than he does here.
From Slate • May 29, 2018
Though it has bad word of mouth, “Jonah Hex” is generally better, sprier and more diverting than most of the action flicks now playing, “The A-Team” included.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2010
They are younger, sprier, more active than members of the British House of Lords.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, with Jasper and Mrs. Jay both flying at him, Frisky had to be sprier than ever.
From The Tale of Frisky Squirrel by Bailey, Arthur Scott
And I'm a hundred times sprier than Broad.
From The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels by Bailey, Arthur Scott
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