How to Use sprightly in a Sentence

sprightly

adjective

• And the zoo has a sprightly 5-year-old boy to thank for his safe recovery.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
• The dish is echoed by the book’s sprightly Asparagus Cups on page 173.
  — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2019
• The drop takes off like a rocket launch with sprightly synths and a gritty bassline.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2017
• But none of this sitting-around stuff for this sprightly 58-year-old.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2022
• But the sprightly nature of the tunes and arrangements means the melancholy of the words is only part of the story.
  — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022
• The former president, then a sprightly 58, had rolled back the years.
  — CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
• With sprightly, boyish energy, the 36-year-old gives me a demo: one spritz on each side of the neck and then one on the heart.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2022
• Then a small and sprightly young man bounded up to me, seemingly out of nowhere.
  — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2018
• Its compound of the hearty and the sprightly was an embarrassment.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
• Handling is more sprightly than the car's girth implies.
  — Martin Padgett Jr., Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2020
• This might seem strange given that NASA itself is a sprightly fifty-eight.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2016
• In the fourth variation, Prokofiev takes the sprightly rhythms of the opening theme’s first three notes and spins them into gossamer.
  — Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2017
• Mixed-race children are not always born with lighter skin, hazel eyes, or loose, sprightly curls.
  — Yaminah Mayo, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2018
• Holmes hit the pavement in one of the hottest shoes of the year: Bottega Veneta’s quilted, square-toe mules in a sprightly shade of yellow.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2020
• Their sprightly first waltz suggests their pleasure both to be in human form and to be protected by the prince and his men.
  — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2016
• But Magda Haroun, a sprightly 65-year-old, wants to keep their memories alive.
  — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2017
• As Pruitt peeled open a can of Friskies, Popcorn was suddenly sprightly.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2022
• With this cast and this ensemble, these songs don’t sound like sprightly showtunes.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 7 Oct. 2021
• Or her sprightly name, more suitable to a field hockey roster.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019
• The bigger spoils flow from sprightlier businesses that know how to crunch data.
  — The Economist, 31 May 2018
• Apple did it in a sprightly 31 years, but that was still four times slower than bitcoin, which clocked in at about seven years.
  — Stephen Gandel, Philly.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• The Atlanta summer games in 1996 had Izzy, a sprightly blue blob who seemed to have escaped from an antacid commercial.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
• The median age of Hulu viewers is a sprightly 31 years.
  — Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2018
• Sprightly seniors — some sporting canes — trudged along the trail and a small grounds crew mowed the grassy fields in preparation for a bustling afternoon of youth sports.
  — Zak Koeske, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2017
• The ceviche is sprightly and well-balanced, the smoked salmon with mango is delightfully '90s and retro cool.
  — Krista Simmons, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
• The pair of singers released the sprightly track alongside a performance video, featuring the duo backed by a four-person band.
  — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2017
• More than five years later, that sound—just two sprightly chords—remains largely unheard at bricks-and-mortar shops in the U.S.
  — Katie Deighton, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
• The lush disco-house track conjures cheer and cheesy smiles with its sprightly groove and twinkling, arpeggiated synths.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2019
• From the start, Peters’ column put her talents as a sprightly and engaging writer on display.
  — Michelle Stacey, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024
• His back foot begins moving at contact, sliding backward and often lifting off the ground entirely — a sprightly flair that no club pro would dare teach.
  — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 13 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024