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Most of his poems are sprucely rhymed and metered; yet his themes are decline, loss, things not working out.

From Time Magazine Archive

As he left, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, sprucely pink, walked into the committee room.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the mechanism had descended George V stepped sprucely forth, but slowly, wearily, and advanced into the Great Drawing Room.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Absolutely nothing, sir I” Colonel Cathcart responded sprucely, wincing in extreme pain and gingerly rubbing the spot where Colonel Korn had just jabbed him again.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

As the chaise drew nearer, he perceived that Tackleton was dressed out sprucely for his marriage, and that he had decorated his horse's head with flowers and favours.

From The Cricket on the Hearth by Williams, George Alfred