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Red-legged seriemas are birds with the approximate height and wiriness of a greyhound dog.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2019

Silky in texture, glossy, and refined in nature, with neither duffelness on the one hand nor curl or wiriness on the other.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

If only he could hit that dancing, jumping ball with a fifth of the skill that O’Hara was displaying, his wiriness and pluck might see him through. 

From The Gold Bat by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

He was vehement, and strung to wiriness with new enthusiasm; he seemed to toss the doctrines like footballs back and forth before the eyes of the people.

From Jane Field A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Luxemburg, Nelson, and Roberts show that wiriness is more essential to a commander than animal strength, and that mind rather than muscle determines the course of campaigns.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland