Example Sentences

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“I definitely have people who I went to high school with who would call me a bully,” said Bob-Waksberg, who, at 31, still has the intense, spritelike energy of an adolescent.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2016

Aunt Rose Anne instilled the fear of God in Bridie, a shy, spritelike creature who loved to run wild on the bog, disliked school and was passionately fond of easygoing Uncle James.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ed looked spritelike in his leprechaun costume. straitjacket/straitlaced.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Someone who’s like a sprite, a little imaginary creature resembling a pixie or an elf, is spritelike.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

What an angelic, spritelike creature she seemed in her white gown and golden hair!

From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)