How to Use frisky in a Sentence

frisky

adjective
  • The kids were frisky after all that candy.
  • At worst, the Bucks should be frisky.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The young frisky team right on the cusp of being on the cusp.
    — New York Times, 19 Sep. 2021
  • And a hip thrust could signal that chimp is ready to get frisky.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2018
  • There are five great teams in the West, and two more that could be frisky.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The looks basked in frisky gay revelry.
    — Ludwig Hurtado, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
  • The best scenes feel tailor-made for a frisky eight-episode streamer.
    — Patrick Sauer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • Those on the evening tour may see some animals getting frisky.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Maybe they were overamped being in front of the frisky hometown crowd.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Each of the five seeded teams in the class could prove frisky come semifinal time.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Two of their other staples also are frisky.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Then the Timberwolves got frisky.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In the meantime, residents are free to enjoy a frisky evening on a park bench.
    — Khushbu Shah, Teen Vogue, 23 Aug. 2018
  • One easy way to find people to fulfill your frisky fantasies is with free apps like 3nder.
    — Rose Surnow, Cosmopolitan, 16 Nov. 2016
  • The second-year pro had some frisky moments in the preseason.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Soon a crispy wave fern arrived, a frisky-looking thing with rippling tendrils.
    — Wired, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Frese, however, did not want her players to see themselves as some frisky work in progress.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The giant, frisky snakes are looking for love in all the wrong places and confusing divers for their mates.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The young plants can be easily destroyed by the chewing and rolling of a frisky feline.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2023
  • In ragtag crumbles or genteel chunks, feta cheese gives a frisky flavor edge to food.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Most hosts probably expect that guests are going to get frisky in their home and just try not to think too much about it.
    — refinery29.com, 23 May 2018
  • With some savvy buyout moves, maybe this Warriors team can be a frisky playoff out in the West.
    — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Raheem Morris’ team looks pretty frisky.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the main room, scalloped with marble basins, there was a semblance of decorum, but in the side rooms, the men were young and frisky.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • Legend says that foxes made of fire lived in Lapland and their frisky tails whirled sparks into the sky.
    — Jonathan Shipley, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2022
  • Who makes that final drive in Dallas last week other than Rodgers, the frisky marksman?
    — Peter King, SI.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • According to Blasberg, the ladies were feeling floral and frisky, and lacey and racy.
    — Derek Blasberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2012
  • Bong is more frisky than angry with his idea, at least for most of the film, and a bit of droll comedy makes his harsh class-war take palatable.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Two frisky felines, Frank and Maria, pawed at each through the planks of one of two bridges that spanned a picture window.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Though no one asked for the close up, Ed got frisky with a flower, and Asuelu vomited on the sand beneath him.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023

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