How to Use spunk in a Sentence

spunk

noun

• That little girl has a lot of spunk.
• Young M.J. jogs to the back of the line with some spunk.
  — Cameron Wolfe, The Denver Post, 11 June 2017
• Still, the Sharks showed some late spunk, which pleased their coach.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2018
• For a while, McCarthy and Chelmsford’s spunk kept them in the game.
  — Josh Schafer, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
• Don't let her age fool you, this sweet girl has all the charm and spunk of a younger kitty.
  — Susan Green, OregonLive.com, 8 Aug. 2017
• Kate Walsh plays her with equal parts bubbles and spunk.
  — Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
• Their spunk must taste like the black mayonnaise that’s scooped up from the bottom of the Gowanus Canal.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2021
• Most props that promise to lunge and jump end up moving with the spunk of a tortoise in a race.
  — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
• Yet, even at 90 years old, the Hall of Fame manager still does not want for spunk.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2017
• The girl who had no choice but to develop grit and spunk, to look out for herself.
  — Jessica Knoll, Time, 31 May 2018
• Other chicks, just a few days older, are full of spunk.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2022
• Sydel is the baby of the three Curry kids, with her father’s eyes and her mother’s spunk.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2017
• Mary Shellman first showed her spunk on the fateful day of Corbit’s Charge.
  — Frank Batavick, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 June 2021
• Kathryn Newton displays spunk and style as the mischievous Amy.
  — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 May 2018
• At least, the short-handed 76ers showed spunk in Trevor Booker’s debut.
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• And while Troy may have been into basketball, Ricky comes with a bit more spunk.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 22 Mar. 2019
• Peabody is an eight-year-old Boston Terrier with a lot of spunk.
  — Susan Green, OregonLive.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• The horn section of the Dap-Kings adds a layer of soulful spunk to the tune, which marks a new direction for Kesha.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 13 July 2017
• Still, there are glimpses of that same kind of spunk here, as when Dad — aka The Voice — comes over the radio and someone hastily shoves the device off a shelf.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Oct. 2021
• Texas Tech’s 2020 season starts this week against an FCS opponent with some spunk to them.
  — Brice Paterik, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2020
• The small four-door hatchback was comfortable on the highway and attacked curves with spunk.
  — Tom Voelk, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
• The Asner who played Carl didn’t feel that different from the one who first played Lou: Both claimed in their way to hate spunk, yet both were full of it.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2021
• The Giants are a wild card, clearly short on talent but a team that could flash some early spunk and then ride its wave.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2020
• Equally stunning was the drive of MacIntyre, the 24-year-old from Scotland with plenty of spunk and loads of fight.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• Douglas has some spunk, fitting for a franchise whose fan base hasn’t seen its team in the playoffs since the 2010 season.
  — Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 7 Sep. 2020
• Call it a sassy slice of spunk to an otherwise standard getup.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2018
• She will be remembered for her candor and spunk and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• Harman has a lot of spunk, though, and that victory got him high enough into the world ranking to secure a spot in the U.S. Open.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
• Reese Witherspoon, who first made a splash 30 years ago, has never lost a drop of her sunny smart charismatic movie-star spunk.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023
• Redesigned for the new model year, the latest Accord loses a bit of the powertrain spunk of its predecessors.
  — Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024