How to Use frisky in a Sentence
frisky
adjective- The kids were frisky after all that candy.
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That would amount to a cooler pace of hiring than in the first three months of the year, but show that job growth remains frisky enough to keep unemployment in check.
— Kate Gibson, CBS News, 7 June 2024 -
The young frisky team right on the cusp of being on the cusp.
— New York Times, 19 Sep. 2021 -
Come for the predictable plot, stay for the frisky dolphin.
— Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 July 2020 -
And a hip thrust could signal that chimp is ready to get frisky.
— Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2018 -
The frisky hit version of the title song from Hair, all huge hits in the latter 1960s.
— Steve Hochman, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2022 -
As the frisky trophy wife, Tara Reid is a killer bimbo.
— Duane Bygre, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020 -
All from the 2016 vintage, these were the friskiest and most buoyant of all the barberas on the premises.
— Mike Dunne, sacbee, 26 Sep. 2017 -
But then Che gets frisky with Miranda and Lyle jumps in.
— Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 6 July 2023 -
Maybe they were overamped being in front of the frisky hometown crowd.
— Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022 -
In the main room, scalloped with marble basins, there was a semblance of decorum, but in the side rooms, the men were young and frisky.
— New York Times, 12 May 2022 -
In the meantime, residents are free to enjoy a frisky evening on a park bench.
— Khushbu Shah, Teen Vogue, 23 Aug. 2018 -
Two frisky felines, Frank and Maria, pawed at each through the planks of one of two bridges that spanned a picture window.
— Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2018 -
The giant, frisky snakes are looking for love in all the wrong places and confusing divers for their mates.
— Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021 -
The Clippers have been frisky all season, and that’s partly in credit to Doc Rivers.
— Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 12 Feb. 2018 -
The second-year pro had some frisky moments in the preseason.
— Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2021 -
The young plants can be easily destroyed by the chewing and rolling of a frisky feline.
— Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2023 -
One easy way to find people to fulfill your frisky fantasies is with free apps like 3nder.
— Rose Surnow, Cosmopolitan, 16 Nov. 2016 -
Though no one asked for the close up, Ed got frisky with a flower, and Asuelu vomited on the sand beneath him.
— Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023 -
Those on the evening tour may see some animals getting frisky.
— San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2021 -
But the pals–turned–paramours weren't the only yachties feeling frisky aboard Parsifal III on this week's episode.
— Lanford Beard, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023 -
And there’s plenty that’s fresh, frisky and original here.
— Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2023 -
According to Blasberg, the ladies were feeling floral and frisky, and lacey and racy.
— Derek Blasberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2012 -
Instead the Lakers are out after the first round for the same reason they were stuck with this frisky Suns team: injuries.
— Ben Cohen, WSJ, 4 June 2021 -
Who makes that final drive in Dallas last week other than Rodgers, the frisky marksman?
— Peter King, SI.com, 15 Oct. 2017 -
Most hosts probably expect that guests are going to get frisky in their home and just try not to think too much about it.
— refinery29.com, 23 May 2018 -
Feeling healthy and frisky, Plato is focused on the future.
— Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023 -
But she was also adept at frisky comic numbers, as well.
— Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Dec. 2021 -
Legend says that foxes made of fire lived in Lapland and their frisky tails whirled sparks into the sky.
— Jonathan Shipley, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2022 -
And that Allie, the frisky girl, having overcome various impediments to their love, winds up his wife.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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