sprightly

How To Use sprightly In A Sentence

• Stiff Little Fingers, man, that's the way to start a label," enthuses the teenager, breaking into a sprightly and not unimpressive a capella rendition of the Irish punk‑band's 1978 debut single, Suspect Device. Howler: Ransacking rock'n'roll
• Two examples, from her impressive "Transformation" disc, are the pianist's soulful performance of Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in F Minor and her sprightly, exceptionally characterful transversal of Igor Stravinsky's Three Movements From "Petrushka," a transcription based on his ballet score. The Fast and the Serious
• I envisioned a young squirt of an elf, say just a sprightly 100 or 200 years, slipping out to meet his miscreant pals, grab a leaf and ride a wind current.
• Even if linked to a typically American automatic gearbox of only four speeds, it has sprightly performance.
• But would these sprightly veterans have been better advised to avoid the stresses and strains of full-time toil in old age?
• Among his other servants he had a young man called Pyrrhus, who was sprightly and well bred and comely of his person and adroit in all that he had a mind to do, and him he loved and trusted over all else. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
• It was the least Blackpool deserved for their sprightly first-half performance. Times, Sunday Times
• None of the youngsters made long-winded speeches, but they said it all through sprightly dances that were a celebration of life and an exhibition of talent.
• Moiseyev has added a few new dances, at least new to New York, including a hilarious sailor's dance called A Day on Board a Ship, as well as adaptations from Venezuela and Argentina and a sprightly Spanish jota.
• Peter Manso: erm, I was using "sprightly" as a compliment - as in, "energetic" etc. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?