How To Use Lusty In A Sentence

I was generally a starry-eyed romantic teen rather than a lusty one.
Here was no pindling fowl that had taken the veil and lived a cloistered life; here was no wiredrawn and trained-down cross-country turkey, but a lusty giant of a bird that would have been a cassowary, probably, or an emu, if he had lived, his bosom a white mountain of lusciousness, his interior a Golconda and not a Golgotha. The Old Foodie
Long-backed, thin, ‘lank as a leafless elm,’ a New England coach driver might look as though a high wind would blow him away, yet he would wear nankeens and low shoes in winter weather, and was not fragile but lusty.
While we were required to take up these presents, I chanced to cast an eye upon the table, where there lay a fresh service of cheese-cakes and tarts, and in the midst of them a lusty rundlet, stuck round with all sorts of apples and grapes, as they commonly draw that figure. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter
The movie is splendidly arrayed visually, but transforms her prim, priggish character and makes her lusty, strong-willed and far too politically progressive for her era.

Grandpa Captain Wilton, of before their time, but whose wild and lusty deeds and pranks, told them by their fathers, they remembered with gustoGrandpa Captain Wilton, or David Wilton, or "All Hands" as the Hawaiians of that remote day had affectionately renamed him. The Kanaka Surf
Pallid and mad, he swift upsprang, and he tore up a tree by its lusty roots, and down the declivity, dashing with rapid leaps, panting and wild, he struck the ravisher on the temple with the mighty pine. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity
We could hear the lusty singing of the church choir.
Again: — Pallid and mad, he swift upsprang, and he tore up a tree by its lusty roots, and down the declivity, dashing with rapid leaps, panting and wild, he struck the ravisher on the temple with the mighty pine. A Review of 'Alroy'
No worse by day than the lusty priming of a neglected hand pump, at night the donkey's bray assumes the apocalyptic aural agony of hell's rusted gates being effortfully forced ajar.
Lusty conservatives who attack free verse, free fiction, ultra realism, "jazzed" prose, and the socialistic drama as the diseases of the period have my respect and sympathy, when it is a disease and not change as change that they are attacking. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism
A couple of lusty blows with those mighty feet and it is game over for the big cat. Times, Sunday Times
She did not like his lusty ways and youthful clumsiness.
Whether he was 'greedy' or 'lusty' -- or both -- behind the wheel, Where the Hell Was I?
He describes the life-enhancing delight of still being capable of celebrating the dance of the Padstow horse, ‘chasing sweet lusty Spring with pipes, goatskin and goats’.
a dozen or more "gads" were flourished, a dozen or more lusty throats urged their teams at the top of their voices, when there was In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs
When Phoebus lived on this earth, he was a lusty bachelor and a fine archer, slaying serpents and singing with great musical harmony.
I thought that was the point, all lusty, hearty boys together at sea.
Here was no pindling fowl that had taken the veil and lived the cloistered life; here was no wiredrawn and trained-down cross-country turkey, but a lusty giant of a bird that would have been a cassowary, probably, or an emu, if he had lived, his bosom a white mountain of lusciousness, his interior a Golconda and not a Golgotha. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare
Those "lusty" email messages coming from a man in his 50's is totally shameful. Sanford contradicts himself on meetings with mistress
Blake remembers the Artichoke Inn, on the muddy lane through Lambeth Marsh, and the village maids and the lusty lads outside it, dancing in a ring.
Numbers like "Annie" (co-written with Eric Clapton) and "April Fool" spotlight Lane's gifts as a master sentimentalist, while "You're So Rude" recalls the lusty lad rock of the Faces with (a pre-Hollywood sell out) Rod Stewart. Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
One musician will then occupy the pivotal No 7 position with the other set for debut after some lusty blows last night and a mean spell of seamers.
His acting skills have never been strong, but Peter has made his name through pure lusty action.
Allen, of course, hotly denies this, arguing that his lusty, maladroit, cowardly, witty and nebbish persona is a comic archetype.
The sages 'religious-devotion, which is lovely because it overflows with the nectarous waters of the knowledge of truth," and "the lusty undertaking of touching with one's palm that hidden part in the firm laps of lovely-limbed women, loving women with great expanses of breasts and thighs. India: The Place of Sex
Northumberland are lusty fellows, fresh complexioned, cleanly, and well cloathed; but the labourers in Scotland are generally lank, lean, hard-featured, sallow, soiled, and shabby, and their little pinched blue caps have a beggarly effect. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
There has been a lusty, good-looking kimmer, of some forty, or bygane, making mony speerings about you, my lord.” The Fortunes of Nigel
I think the healthy, lusty movement we all had at Henry Street was because we walked every day.
Have all her appetites turned less lusty? Times, Sunday Times
If roped around the neck, a lusty calf would usually have to be forced to the ground, by “bulldogging” it. THE AMERICAN WEST
Allen, of course, hotly denies this, arguing that his lusty, maladroit, cowardly, witty and nebbish persona is a comic archetype.
May impropriety and bawdiness grow and flourish and evolve into lusty, heartfelt words to shake the very foundations of those scared by language.
The cowboy meal, which I believe was not elaborated for us, was a healthy solid affair of meat, vegetables, hot biscuit, coffee, and prunes, appetisingly cooked and unstintingly served, for the Bad Land appetite is like unto that of the Rocky Mountains, lusty and big. A Woman Tenderfoot
In the former, the Chesterfieldian lover was seen handing his _chere amie_ (a lusty wench, with red ochre cheeks) over a remarkably low stile: whether the subject, or the manner of its execution had inspired the muse, is no matter; but beneath was the following: -- The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829
Would our young men, lusty or otherwise, pull together? Times, Sunday Times
At this moment, several Communists rushed the Nationalist benches and a free fight began, to be ended a half an hour later by the brutal intervention of a dozen lusty sergeants-at-arms, the Chamber's chuckers-out.
However, the kids could not hide the sense of pride and joy on hogging the limelight while receiving the diploma amid lusty cheers from their parents and friends.
John, like a great red-limbed overgrown moon-calf; and now here you are as sprack a squire and as lusty an archer as ever passed down the highway from Bordeaux, while I am still the same old Samkin Aylward, with never a change, save that I have a few more sins on my soul and a few less crowns in my pouch. The White Company
Strong, full of life, intelligent and lusty, he overwhelms the screen with his regal presence.
The child drew her first lusty breath, and all memory of Before was buried to allow the child to grow.
The fellow went to the butcher's and bought seven or eight sheep's eyes; and when this lusty wooer did sit at dinner, he would cast in her face a sheep's eye, saying, "How dost thou, my pretty pigsnie? The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies
After each of the acts lusty applause followed from the crowd.
In the rugby world there is certainly lustier singing and there is lusty singing from the touchlines. Times, Sunday Times
The fient ma care, quo 'the feirie auld wife, [devil may, lusty] Robert Burns How To Know Him
He felt himself to be young and lusty as he inhaled the warmth of an early summer afternoon. Somewhere East of Life
She also reaches the centre of a woman who is deeply vulnerable beneath the hardy, lusty 16th Century exterior.
One thing I will never do," said Oliver Cromwell, law-clerk, swart and lusty, in green stockings and other sartor-resartus trifles; "one thing I will never do -- and that is, take human life! Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers
Acting as passionate guardian of the memory of her mentor, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin has interpreted his work to a lusty backing of Arabic, Andalusian and oriental influences for this concert recording.
And it was not so much love - an emotion, I concede, that unless you're seriously perverted, only truly exists between sentient beings - as a kind of lusty covetousness; but, you can take it from me, it was a very strong feeling, and one that has only increased over the years I've either had a Brompton between my thighs, or hefted one in my arms. Quickrelease.tv
Wexford was reminded of a butterfly, fresh and lusty, that has escaped from a dried chrysalis.
Would our young men, lusty or otherwise, pull together? Times, Sunday Times
Another chimpanzee to join the ranks of the walking wounded was the lusty young Nile.
The Lusty Lady, the famous peepshow club on 1rst with the endlessly entertaining marquee, is closing. Outspoken and Undocumented « PubliCola
Nothing prepares you for the breeching of the waters, the spout fluming into air, the lusty cry of new life. Oxygen world
Lusty young rock bands and just about everyone else shuddered at the prospect of bedridden helplessness and a general loss of independence.
The baby let out a lusty cry and we all shed tears of joy.
-- There has been a lusty, good-looking kimmer, of some forty, or bygane, making mony speerings about you, my lord. The Fortunes of Nigel
Then the Interpreter began and said, The fatter the Sow is, the more she desires the Mire; the fatter the Ox is, the more gamesomely he goes to the slaughter; and the more healthy the lusty man is, the more prone he is unto evil. The Pilgrim’s Progress, in the Similitude of a Dream; The Second Part. Paras. 100-199
The most interesting dream as of late, was a series of "lusty" encounters with Hugh Laurie. Archive 2008-07-01
Bob enjoys his current role swinging on the keyboard and singing his lusty songs.
I'd gone to Australia for the final act, thrown myself into the requisite lusty self-destruction, the absence of care.
Here was no pindling fowl that had taken the veil and lived the cloistered life; here was no wiredrawn and trained-down cross-country turkey, but a lusty giant of a bird that would have been a cassowary, probably, or an emu, if he had lived, his bosom a white mountain of lusciousness, his interior a Golconda and not a Golgotha. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare
Nay, we have seen numberless processions of healthy kine enter our native village unheralded save by the lusty shouts of drovers, while a wretched calf, cursed by stepdame Nature with two heads, was brought to us in a triumphal car, avant-couriered by The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859
The bucolic bard was a party man with lusty appetites. Times, Sunday Times
They rolled out cycles of lusty beach party films such as Beach Blanket Bingo in which teenagers frug to two of the singing icons of the genre, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
I have no excuse but a lusty eye and a belly full of Dutch courage.
He should not be effeminate, indeed preferably normal: I did not exclude education, but did not want it, I could supply all that myself and in the loved one it always seemed to get in the way; he should admit me but no one else; he should be physically attractive to me and younger than myself — the younger the better, as closer to innocence; finally he should be on the small side, lusty, circumcised, physically healthy and clean: no phimosis, halitosis, bromidrosis. Papa Was a Wise Old Sly-Boots
A couple of lusty blows with those mighty feet and it is game over for the big cat. Times, Sunday Times
Holiday romances will be particularly energetic, but even long-term partners will experience a lusty flush of new love.
Cialikate and the man shared one last passionate, lusty kiss and a few more rounds of groping hands before pulling apart and rightening their clothing.
He felt himself to be young and lusty as he inhaled the warmth of an early summer afternoon. Somewhere East of Life
The most famous element is the musical scene where Red performs and "Wolfie" reacts with lusty howling and exaggerated amorousness .
The script encored the central dynamic that DeMille had used on Union Pacific and North West Mounted Police: a stalwart hero (who in this case does origami), and a lusty, semi-heroic figure who, through a single weakness of character, turns bad but atones by dying nobly (Robert Preston in the earlier films, Wayne in the new one). Empire of Dreams
Marry whilst thou mayst, donec viventi canities abest morosa, whilst thou art yet able, yet lusty, [5958] Elige cui dicas, tu mihi sola places, make thy choice, and that freely forthwith, make no delay, but take thy fortune as it falls. Anatomy of Melancholy
Here was no pindling fowl that had taken the veil and lived a cloistered life; here was no wiredrawn and trained-down cross-country turkey, but a lusty giant of a bird that would have been a cassowary, probably, or an emu, if he had lived, his bosom a white mountain of lusciousness, his interior a Golconda and not a Golgotha. The Old Foodie
At other points over the preceding few days, though, he fully lost it, denouncing the idea of appeasing the Democratic conference and publicly initiating a lusty exchange of insults with other officials, during which he was called a "yenta" and a plantation owner. Home | The New York Observer
a counteractant, as an equal inspiration to the pride of this lusty nation? Children of the Market Place
The earliest documented ballads feature Robin Hood as lusty, treacherous and violent.
Five cylinders instead of the rivals' six, but this is still a lusty, lively, quiet and quality-exuding car.
That leaves me enough gold left over for a flagon of cheap wine, a belly full of hot mutton and a roll or two with a lusty wench! Archive 2009-03-01
But imagine that in the background, as this wee slip of a lass is performing, this dude in leather trousers and lounge-singer frilly shirt is wandering about, looking louche and lusty. Archive 2008-10-01
Holiday romances will be particularly energetic, but even long-term partners will experience a lusty flush of new love.
No lusty bud nor curling tendril burst from the barren vine.
One of the researchers, paleoecologist Alex Chepstow-Lusty of the French Institute of Andean Studies, told an interviewer the Incas "were highly organized and they had a sophisticated (society), but it wouldn't have counted a jot without being underpinned by the warming of the climate. Latest Articles
The emoticon is a weak substitute for a coy gesture or a lusty wink.
But Fellini's characters, who were middle-class and had lusty appetites, at least were hopeful on their way to despair.
It is a lusty, even rough blend of Grenache, Syrah and Carignan.
The great hand-bell by lusty arm was deftly swung three times resoundingly.
But most part I say, such as are aptest to love that are young and lusty, live at ease, stall-fed, free from cares, like cattle in a rank pasture, idle and solitary persons, they must needs hirquitullire, as Anatomy of Melancholy
Dan will wear a Ball gown and sing a lusty version of Marilyn's ‘I Call Your Name’.
When Eileen comes to him for help, he breaks into a provocative striptease, singing ‘Let's Misbehave’ with two lusty hookers.
Have all her appetites turned less lusty? Times, Sunday Times
Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is a fan of the two-story ingredient emporium, which is crammed floor to ceiling with bags of Eastern spices, grains, sauces, and nuts (small bag of Kalustyan's curry powder, $5). kalustyans. com. Undefined
The bucolic bard was a party man with lusty appetites. Times, Sunday Times
Theyhad tales to give in exchange, nothing of interhuman con-flict -- they seemed puzzled and troubled by that idea-but lusty enough, happenings of sea and forest and mountain. Do you ever read writing?
The performances are lusty and emotional, and shouts or shrill whistling add the requisite folksy touch.
-- the veteran collector grows young again in thinking upon the valour he then exhibited; and the juvenile collector talks "braggartly" of other times -- which he calls the golden days of the bibliomania -- when he reflects upon his lusty efforts in securing an _Exemplar Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
A couple of lusty blows with those mighty feet and it is game over for the big cat. Times, Sunday Times
And each meeting meant a drink; and there was much to talk about; and more drinks; and songs to be sung; and pranks and antics to be performed, until the maggots of imagination began to crawl, and it all seemed great and wonderful to me, these lusty hard-bitten sea - rovers, of whom I made one, gathered in wassail on a coral strand. Chapter 16
Morgen’s and a hatache all the afternunch; plays gehamerat when he’s ernst but misses mausey when he’s lustyg; walked as far as the Head where he sat in state as the Rump; shows Early Eng-lish tracemarks and a marigold window with manigilt lights, a myrioscope, two remarkable piscines and three wellworthseeing ambries; arches all portcullised and his nave dates from dots; is Finnegans Wake
Lola asked Rose Lusty, as she seemed the most normal of the trio, having watched the ragbag tribe disappear. TICKLED PINK
The California-Italian food is soulful and lusty, which is why it's a perennial hangout for those in the wine business and other locals. SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter
Imagine those choruses of lusty male voices singing The Internationale on the soundtrack.
In those days, you got a lusty roar of animal brutality from the crowd.
Let me envision my foremother as a lusty woman so enchanted with the piercing blue eyes and bright hair of the muscular Vikings that she offered herself for a night, or many nights, of passion with one or more.
I thought that was the point, all lusty, hearty boys together at sea.
The songs, from wistful sea shanties to lusty drinking anthems and yearning rhapsodies, are atmospheric. Times, Sunday Times
And each meeting meant a drink; and there was much to talk about; and more drinks; and songs to be sung; and pranks and antics to be performed, until the maggots of imagination began to crawl, and it all seemed great and wonderful to me, these lusty hard-bitten sea - rovers, of whom I made one, gathered in wassail on a coral strand. Chapter 16
The foie gras is thick and lusty, the wild-bass tartare tasty but cut too chunky, the suckling pig good but too oily.
This fugly looking phone phone created by George Koussouros records your kiss with its high-tech capabilities like pressure and sucking levels through its lusty lips.
Imagine those choruses of lusty male voices singing The Internationale on the soundtrack.
Grandpa Captain Wilton, of before their time, but whose wild and lusty deeds and pranks, told them by their fathers, they remembered with gusto -- Grandpa Captain Wilton, or David Wilton, or "All Hands" as the Hawaiians of that remote day had affectionately renamed him. THE KANAKA SURF
When mission was accomplished, Julian led the rest of the team in a lusty rendition of ‘Tomorrow Belongs To Us’.
But a source present at the bishops’ meeting said the measure was approved with almost no debate, on a voice vote with a lusty chorus of ayes.
Funhouse pushed the chaos of rock 'n' roll to its natural conclusion, pitting lusty skronk and noise against raw, distorted blues. NPR Topics: News
So, all of you, sing a happy, lusty rendition of Happy Birthday for me and then belly up to the bar!
Harrison's new collection, "The Farmer's Daughter" - a title redolent of Merle Haggard or off-color barroom jokes or both, depending on your referents - contains three stories that feature, among their sprawling casts, several lusty adolescent boys (including one with a clubfoot and one who's a werewolf); an aged rancher, who, at 73, on his "last conscious day" of life, gingerly gropes a NYT > Home Page
His face and neck were of a lusty red, but lean and stringy; he always wore his expensive gold-rim eye-glasses slightly askew upon his aquiline nose; and he always showed two gleaming foreteeth under his moustache, in a smile so perpetual as to earn the reputation of a sneer. The Ball and the Cross
Then the Interpreter began, and said, The fatter the sow is, the more she desires the mire; the fatter the ox is, the more gamesomely he goes to the slaughter; and the more healthy the lusty man is, the more prone he is unto evil. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
The sailors let out a lusty cheer and one of the planes dipped his wings in reply.
A strange feeling thrilled the lusty youth at the touch of her warm hand, and almost involuntarily his eyes sought to meet those of the young maiden.
But these lusty fellows, such as Red Cloud, Swift Bear, and others, at once attracted attention. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
A thousand frogs who had been silent for two years were calling to each other in the wash… a monumental chorus of deep lusty ba-booms, frenzied clicks and seductive chirrups.
How the coffee steamed, the hot bread and meats smoked, and the soup odors tantalized the olfactories of hundreds of "tenderfeet" with their lusty Alaska appetites, which were increased by an open air life such as all in those days were living. A Woman who went to Alaska
Men, especially lusty, personable fellows, such as footmen and other menials should be, are obviously more powerful and more expensive than women. The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions
Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell
Kiyomizu, a bright alizarin, is youthful, sanguine and lusty.
How could the Teddy Bears fail with such lusty backing?
L.A. Opera scores with striking 'Der Rosenkavalier,' lusty 'Falstaff' Undefined
Long moments dragged by until he heard the loud and lusty cry of a babe. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
being a tall, lusty man like himself, and having a skellying look with the left eye, just like him. George Borrow The Man and His Books
Li Jia's madam smells the speech cause reserve spirit lusty ground to Liu Jia madam's lo, Liu Jia's madam but some ashamedly lest to take a glimpse.
His wife is similarly developed little beyond the feisty, lusty, rosy-cheeked and wide-hipped countrywoman you might expect to find in a work by Hogarth.
Marry whilst thou mayst, donec viventi canities abest morosa, whilst thou art yet able, yet lusty, [5958] Elige cui dicas, tu mihi sola places, make thy choice, and that freely forthwith, make no delay, but take thy fortune as it falls. Anatomy of Melancholy
Despite her ‘studious and reserved’ manner she has quite a lusty voice.
So, all of you, sing a happy, lusty rendition of Happy Birthday for me and then belly up to the bar!
Before the men's singles final began, a lusty chorus of Waltzing Matilda turned Wimbledon Centre Court into an Aussie outpost.
He was tipped for megastardom but, unlike his two legendary disciples, he all but disappeared, sidetracked by drink and drugs, botched love affairs and a lusty appetite for violence.
Rose Lusty, obviously confused by Glad's cryptic comments and a headful of aromatherapy, changed tack. TICKLED PINK
But certainly the arrival of the spirit represented by Kipling, added to the discipline of his own early adventures, braced him and energised him; and almost his first literary effort took the form of ballad poems uniting a fineness and sweetness which were entirely his own with a kind of lusty vigour which was superimposed. Personality in Literature
Upon the lowest platform he halted and lifted up his hands as in greeting, whereon up went painted shield and glittering spear and from the stalwart warriors rose a lusty shout, a word thrice repeated. Martin Conisby's Vengeance

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