How to Use feisty in a Sentence

feisty

adjective
  • The novel features a feisty heroine.
  • Even her opponents admire her feisty spirit.
  • Winds will be feisty out of the south around 10 to 15 mph.
    Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The Falcons have been feisty and haven’t gotten blown out on the road.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • But don’t wait for the chance to boat a daily bag limit of five of the feisty trout.
    D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Back in the old days with a more feisty group of challengers, he would’ve been told to shut up and sit down.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021
  • There was no fight from the often-feisty Scherzer when Roberts came for the ball.
    George Henry, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Ball and Caruso were the lifeblood of Chicago's feisty defense over the first few months of the season.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Some could be feisty with wind gusts up to 40 or 50 mph, and perhaps some soft hail.
    Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Effertz, back in the lineup, blocked two shots as a feisty 6-foot guard.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Look for the Lightning to hold off a feisty Islanders team and return to the final.
    Star Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • Winds are feisty, gusting around 30 mph during the day.
    Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Winds become pretty feisty as well, out of the south, with gusts around 30 or 35 mph at times.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Kids and grown-ups alike will get a kick out of these feisty leprechaun footprints.
    Sara Hendricks, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Brady is feisty on the sidelines with coaches and teammates.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2022
  • First there's the chicken, fat pieces that have been rubbed in yogurt and lemon juice with some feisty char marks from the grill.
    Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2021
  • Salt Lake is a feisty team, though, and has been throughout the latter part of this season.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
  • A lot of her earlier music about love was feisty and naïve (in a good way).
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Smith went from barely being able to talk one day, to being back to her old feisty self the next.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Locked in a defensive battle with a feisty Crofton team, the Dundalk Owls dug in.
    Aidan Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023
  • This is mostly sub-severe, but a storm or two may turn feisty enough to drop hail and briefly heavy rain.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • The game was feisty between the in-state rivals, with several scrums around the net and in the corners after plays.
    Aaron Bracy, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
  • On the basketball team, Nowak was both feisty and friendly.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Keisha The feisty girlfriend of Bundy who wants more from life and her relationship.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The song about a mother telling a group to mind their own business was witty, feisty and became a No. 1 hit.
    Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Hummingbirds may be tiny, but the feisty birds can be fearless.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Jared Padalecki and his wife Genevieve Padalecki have a feisty little girl on their hands.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Sara, the lead, played by Adwa Bader, is pretty feisty.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
  • For me, Chara has it all — tough enough to play with a broken jaw, strong enough to kill off penalties, and feisty enough to spend some time in the box too.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The game was feisty from the start, with French point guard Romane Bernies racking up three personal fouls before the end of the first quarter.
    Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024

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