Example Sentences

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He had left short, stocky, moon-faced Jake Guzick, who hides shrewd ability under a spunkless whine, in charge of the Capone gang.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the best of circumstances, it would strain credulity; with Molly played by dull, spunkless Blythe Danner, its strength is incomprehensible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Arabella was too spunkless to applaud; Patricia was too jealous.

From Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore by Brooks, Amy

It was plain to me that the pair of them, spineless and spunkless, were afraid of the men they were supposed to boss. 

From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by London, Jack