Example Sentences

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I would imagine with some squirrelly pablum about valuing their feedback and pointing out that user experiences may vary because—as no site is likely to admit—someone’s paradise is someone else’s slum, and vice versa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

“Smith, in particular, is wonderful here; she gets laughs with her light, squirrelly touch — you sometimes forget what a terrific comic actress she is,” wrote Salon’s former movie critic Stephanie Zacharek at the time.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

Actor Taron Egerton, who nails the squirrelly energy of the real-life Rogers, met him through Zoom calls during the height of the pandemic.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

He’s turned up now, 18 years later, hooded and squirrelly after his years behind bars, but still chomping at the bit for his own chance at the belt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Poirot nods, and offers what I think is an ironic smile, but a squirrelly voice in my head tells me it’s sinister.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman