How To Use Spunk In A Sentence
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The only time Palin can be accused of having spunk is when it comes to looking after her own interest in making money.
Think Progress » Palin: With his ‘chalkboard technique,’ Glenn Beck is ‘changing our country.’
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She spunked up her courage finally and knocked at the door.
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Show some spunk . Quit pretending you're being abused.
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She didn't have her natural spunkiness, which made everyone a little suspicious.
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They would press on well into dusk, when spunkie lights rose from the hedgerows and swales and danced in the ground-mists, until they reached a suitable castle or large manor house, whose resident windvoice had received advance notice from the Royal Alchymist of the king’s imminent arrival.
Conqueror's Moon
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Among her many virtues are loyalty,spunk,and truthfulness.
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And spunkie ance to mak us mellow, [liquor enough]
Robert Burns How To Know Him
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Although Ballet Hispanico presented a trio of premieres, it was Ramon Oller's Bury Me Standing, first seen in 1998, that epitomized the duende of this spunky little company.
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra is now 28 years old, but under spunky young director/violinist Richard Tongetti, looks and talent have combined to make it one of the world's great ensembles.
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The Boston terrier sustains it popularity because it continues to embody the endearing qualities of its bulldog ancestors and the spunk of its terrier kin.
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Then Veronica mar was the first show i came across that has all the thing i hope for in a show, wit, a little darkness, spunk, drama, just enough romance, and actually makes you think a little.
VERONICA MARS OFFICIALLY CANCELLED | the TV addict
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I'd had lots of friends and classmates back in my high school days who'd seemed a lot like him: the grandkids of Italian and Sicilian immigrants, they were smiling and open-hearted, spunky and pugnacious.
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She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflictions, but she was in fact an utterly self - centered valetudinarian.
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The spunky teen went on to pursue a PhD in neuroscience.
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I enjoyed the satisfyingly starchy combination of roasted beets and artichokes with the subtle watercress, spunked up by some bitter endive and a nice, salty taleggio crostino.
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2
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Brined pork at Boulevard With farm-raised local Davenport abalone, the Aqua kitchen played an even subtler contrapuntal game, mimicking the challenging texture of this expensive univalve with other naturally spunky foods rich in distinct flavors of their own: pork belly, chanterelle mushrooms and smoked garlic, combined in a reduced "jus" rendered from Manila clams.
Bay Watch
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Hurry, she must be thinking, hurry up and finish, I'm drunk and need a bed for the night and they'll be along with the money for the letters soon, so get on with it and spend your spunk, you great ugly lout of a dockhand ...
Ripping Time
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Obviously you were a headstrong, determined, and… really spunky woman.
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The old, spunky Madeline was gone and in her place was the submissive shadow of her former self.
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At 52, Moore is still a spry, spunky performer giving all manner of well-rehearsed guitar hero poses.
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Me and a friend were kind of flirting with a group of guys from across the room… very spunky guys.
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The spunkie darted at him, striking his hooded head with a blow as sharp as a flung stone.
Conqueror's Moon
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On the regular menu, De Marco's inclusion of spunky mackerel in his ceviche raises it above the too-genial norm.
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While women are complimenting my courage for speaking from the heart, male fans are showering praises for the spunk I showed in taking on the high and mighty.
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Only one spunk fertilizes an egg.
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By all accounts, Vivi was the belle of every youthful ball and admired for her courage and spunk.
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The lady gives off a quality that used to be called "spunk" - a combination of confidence, toughness, and charm that wins over voters, even when a track record commensurate with the office she seeks is lacking.
John Farr: The Lure of Strong Women
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I couldn't believe how spunky this little old woman was.
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Looking back on his life, Len now saw that more often than not what he actually “had to” do was restrain himself He’d always told himself that his feistiness was his strength, that he needed spunk to survive as a shrimpy kid, to drive himself, to prove himself.
The Welkening
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Perfectly dubbed "folktronica" by Rolling Stone, her hit songs such as "Starry Eyed" and "The Writer" have up-tempo spunk and downbeat sass.
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You could describe Brit as spunky, but never skunky.
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The Bob we initially meet is a spunky, chatty extrovert who jumps into cars and prattles humorously to the drivers about music and her best friend and boy troubles.
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Perhaps indicative of their spunk, all three women took on the mayor and opposed the redevelopment proposals for Union Station.
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It's short, spunky, catchy, and, surprisingly for a lot of pop bands in this age, doesn't stale after repeated listens.
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That's the kind of light-hearted and spunky approach that packages the intelligent and truly insightful advice she gives.
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Spunkmeyer factory in San Leandro, which is one of 22 U.S. firms honored by the Commerce
SFGate: Top News Stories
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And as for uncaring Mexican owners. .well you should see Spunky's other brother wearing his tee shirt all winter, or the other "overdressed" ones in this part of town.
Cats
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he kept fighting on pure spunk
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Over the past few years it has come to be widely used in informal contexts to mean ` spirits, chutzpah, guts, courage '; what Brits used to call spunk a generation ago.
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 1
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So Hill did what any gutsy, spunky assertive women would do in her situation.
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She plays Jade, a spunky 20-year-old scraping by as a freelance photographer.
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A calmer, level-headed dog is just right for a small dairy herd (as long as he has the spunk or training to nip wayward cows).
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He spunked up and threw the bag at me.
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At 52, Moore is still a spry, spunky performer giving all manner of well-rehearsed guitar hero poses.
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Laura said it's the perfect home for her and her husband, Darren, and their spunky 8-year old daughter, Sarah.
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She spunked up her courage finally and knocked at the door.
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Sandy strak a spunk an 'lichtit his lantern, an', efter a fell lot o 'fykin', he got her into order.
My Man Sandy
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PS: Enki is marvelous (just as marvelous as Taiki - just more spunky).
Sea of Wind - Fuyumi Ono
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The adventure saga, envisioned and shot in stereoscopic 3-D, centers on blue-tressed Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning), a spunky tween.
'Coraline' looks great, but the story lacks focus
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After his death, the soldier was cited for spunk.
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You've got more spunk, more spirit than most people will ever have.
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At least Busted have a hormonal effervescence and irrepressible spunkiness that's genuinely teenage.
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He showed admirable spunk yesterday when he shirt-fronted Rudd after his press conference at Garden Island.
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Although Mrs. Bellmont's brutal treatment cannot break the spunky girl's spirit, it does ruin her health.
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Most are ready to turn around and bolt, should the women show even a little spunk.
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The USA needs women leaders with brains, moxie, spunk and innovative ideas ... not whining, whimpering sots whose only reason for being where she is because she married some lying, disbarred philandering hack who just happened to be a former US president.
Clinton: Vetting process for administration jobs 'a nightmare'
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I can see where people who really like a coating of dressing on their salads might think this is too bland; but it is the vegetables that really do the talking here: the peppery spunk in the nappa and the raddishes and that freshness in the celery.
Napa cabbage salad with buttermilk dressing | smitten kitchen
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De pænere versioner kan munde ud i andre og fra et udviklingspsykologisk synspunkt mere uhensigtsmæssige slutninger:
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In elementary school, Mamie had the spunk and tenacity to become the first girl to integrate a local baseball league team.
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She is also a spunky, opinionated scientist who believes that many athletes, nutritionally speaking, are lazy, undereducated, and misinformed, and eat like spoiled children when given the chance.
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But it's time for more spunk and spontaneity from the president, not in place of explanation but accompanying it.
Kathleen Reardon: What the President Could Learn From Sarah Palin
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True Story: I know a black guy who calls his spunk "His Dark Materials".
THE BABY JESUS HATES POLAR BEARS
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Much spunkiness is ephemeral, like slang or pop that goes from cool to cringey in a nanosecond.
2008 May 16 « Exile on Ninth Street
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The actors are young and full of spunk, and if you watch really carefully, you'll catch a cameo by Quentin Tarantino.
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Unlike the usual indie rock I have been listening to on the local scene these guys had a lot of spunk, talent and an original style.
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We will always remember Betty's vivacious personality and spunk.
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Jimmy looked a little withered after his bypass operation, but his spirit seemed as spunky as ever.
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
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Diane is a likeable character with real spirit and spunk.
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He shows Richard how to use a flint and steel and how to use hand-made sulphur matches called spunks.
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He at last spunked up enough courage and went into the dark room.
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Actually, I think the spunk is a symptom of the politics.
E-mail me again when he shows some common sense (Jack Bog's Blog)
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I saw your ad in the paper and thought you sounded like a pretty spunky gal.
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Ryan looked a little shocked at her spunkiness, but Maria didn't seem to notice.
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Don't let her age fool you as she has plenty of spunk and just loves to play.
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You'll imitate those spunky Olsen twins, getting slimed with green goo at the 17th annual Kids' Choice Awards.
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The Westie's natural good looks and spunky attitude quickly made it a favorite in the American show ring and as a household companion.
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She had spirit and spunk for sure, he thought, maybe after all she was old enough to be out on the road.
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Sigourney Weaver heads the cast as the unscrupulous warden, while Jon Voight hams it up no end as her second-in-command, but it's newcomer Shia LaBeouf who stands out as the spunky victim of a miscarriage of justice.
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In contrast, spunky breeders underestimate the long-run benefits of progeny precisely because most of them occur well after childbearing is an option, such as creating people who will give a crap about you in 50 years.
Princess Mahalanobis: Blog Baby, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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The dazzling ladies and spunky blokes were a great hit with the crowd.
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As in the West, alcohol in Taiwanese culture is a social lubricant, the imbibing of which is seen by many as a measure of fortitude and spunk -- particularly if drinkers knock down a shot of hard liquor like kaoliang in one gulp.
Archive 2006-06-01
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Must take a sip of coffee, the sapful spunk, then move on: my road is not thorny, that's for Jesus People, my road is smooth, the surface specious and nogood fumes effluence from it.
Gyoza Express
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No need to spunk up, it's ok to speak your ideas to her.
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Father did like spunky women, especially if they were panting to take orders from him.
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I smiled, she was a spunky girl and attractive at that.
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She is endearing and full of the kind of spunkiness that characterized showgirls in the light-hearted American comedies of the early 1930s.
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Cheered on by spunky chorine Gracie and inspired by the faith of lovely society lady Linda Lee, Cole and Monty drum up the funds to put on a show.
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After his death, the soldier was cited for spunk.
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Many were spunky and free-spoken delegates to the 1996 founding convention who co-mingled with representatives of the more electoral-leaning founding unions ILWU (west coast) and United Electrical Workers.
The Third Party Project
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She is bright, tough and spunky.
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The girl was a spunky red head and had a milky complexion dotted with freckles.
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Gynaecologists in Sydney have been known to leave their wives for younger, spunkier patients.
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Boys, I'm drinking, and I don't care, fur my spunk's up, and I'd just's soon bet her all the first bet; them tarnal fellers guzzled me out of $1,000 in Cincinnater, and I wants ter get even.
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi
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An 'says I to her:' Meg Kissock, ye're a bonny woman, 'says I.' My certie, but ye hae e'en like spunkies [will-o'-the-wisps] or maybes," said Saunders in a meditative tone.
The Lilac Sunbonnet
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In the next twelve months I went out with five spunky and attractive women.
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Spunk leaped up onto her bed and nosed his way up to Amy's face, licking with such exuberance that was seen only in a puppy.
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"That Sabrina sure has spunk, " he said, his admiration evident.
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Nancy had plenty of spunk, but not much of a sense of humour.
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Yup, that's right, that spunky young bin man whose YouTube rap sensation condemns the health secretary, Andrew Lansley born in 1956, as a "grey-haired manky old codger" is cutting short his lifespan just as surely as if he were sucking on a crack pipe while leaping Becher's Brook.
You're Looking Very Well by Lewis Wolpert – review
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But John and I do agree on a lot of issues, and I like his spunk, I like his attitude.
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But he can't help getting attracted to her - she's pretty, spunky, and somehow vulnerable…
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Sarah pointed at a nine-year-old girl with attitude and spunk.
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Tonight they were spunky but never sexy.
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This gives her songs a greater sense of sass and spunk, which is probably how she got pigeonholed into Country so quickly (her earliest works actually sound pretty Gospel).
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Felicity, ‘a spunky, spritely girl growing up in Virginia in 1774,’ visits a local plantation where there are clearly slaves; the issue never arises.
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There's Irene at the wedding of a handsome chap and spunky blonde who we now call the mayor and mayoress.
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The three remaining spunkie guides hovered expectantly before the boy.
Conqueror's Moon
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It's time for more spunk and spontaneity from the president, not in place of explanation but accompanying it.
Kathleen Reardon: What the President Could Learn From Sarah Palin
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It has the musical scope of somebody in their early twenties, but the freshness and spunk of a teenager, which is quite remarkable.
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A poor, spunky but undefeated girl gets a scholarship to an extravagant and posh boarding school which has a darke sekrit.
Archive 2009-11-01
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Woebetide any squaddie who turned up wearing one of them skull masks - they'd probably be called spunk-lips or bukkake face or spunk-mush for the rest of their career.
Army Rumour Service
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She's a regular, spunky she-devil," Miss Drexel laughed agreement.
WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE
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Like Herodotus's exciting account of Leonidas and his 300 spunky Spartans holding up the entire Persian army at Thermopylae, this is story-telling so florid and fantastical that Tolkien himself might have written it.
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Dunst is a rather reckless young rebel, a gal with spunk who drinks too much, hangs out with her naughty buddies and generally tests the authorities at her high school.
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The spunky ‘Vertigo’ is a breezy sprint through jagged, two-chord garage rock.
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I really adored Ella because she's so spunky and free-spirited.
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You have got to have a bit of spunk, as they call it, in the competition ring, and he's certainly got that.
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How can you look at her like that and not want to cover her in spunk?
Natalie portman is retro | My[confined]Space
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He at last spunked up enough courage and went into the dark room.
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India whitewashed the West Indies in the three Test series, but the Windies showed some more spunk in the One Day Internationals.
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What use is a spunky youth in a jerkin and tights against the likes of The Joker?
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Harlem is a relatively harmless, rather dull patch of a great city still garnering a tiny cachet among the local yuppies because it used to have quite a spunky black community.
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Where kooky, zany, and madcap meet is the locus of Jacquelyn Reingold's modest but spunky comedy String Fever.
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Yeah, it's very, very spunky . You can do it with a monkey or an anthill full of ants.
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Happy b-day btw spunkranDom = D my nineteenth bday is saturday, actually, so what a great early bday present!!!
Twilight Lexicon » Twilight Soundtrack
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Logan, the only senior who marked the byplay, thought him a hardy young spunkie.
The House with the Green Shutters
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Obviously you were a headstrong, determined, and… really spunky woman.
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Yeah, it's very, very spunky . You can do it with a monkey or an anthill full of ants.
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In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one spunk.
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Personality-wise, she's the cute, spunky one.
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Farnol's usual spunky heroine is on the run from the rakehell and drunkard Lord Barrasdale, who would marry her by force to claim her lands.
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Apart from the adorable McLaine, the performances lack spunk and sparkle.
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Tenniel would later post: His spunk is a fine example for all White folk.
Rashad Robinson: White Supremacists Show Support for MSNBC's Pat Buchanan
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She's a spunky lass but he quickly becomes madly mistrustful and jealous, believing that Emily's friendship with her godfather Colonel Osbourne is a full-blown affair.
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I put my hair up in a sporty, yet spunky and crimpy ponytail.
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Don't miss the rare chance of gyrating the turbulent waters of river beas on a spunky kyak.
