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
• 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
• But as the event went on, the two got increasingly feisty and displayed deep disdain for each other.
  — Mariana Alfaro, Washington Post, 28 June 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024