How to Use spitfire in a Sentence

spitfire

noun
  • Castillo called her mother a spitfire whose strong faith keeps her growing.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Dec. 2021
  • But behind the rapid spitfire lies a wealth of knowledge pertaining to the real world.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Walters said of White's post-award plans, in a spitfire speech that had the whole room humming with laugher.
    — Vogue, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Their spitfire one-liners of the week's easy-target stories are often only saved by special guests.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 14 Mar. 2017
  • There were pockets of the crowd that had been rocking with him from the start though, jumping to the rhythm of his spitfire flow and throwing their hands up.
    — Nadine Graham, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Bhatt is luminescent, playing both spitfire and sweetheart with gusto and grace.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The wild and tattooed Michael saw himself in my spitfire, Catalina, now 10.
    — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 4 Oct. 2017
  • But more impressive is the fact that at the same time, the country music spitfire seems to be quite confident in carving out her own sound.
    — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • As bright and luminous as the moon, little Luna is a four-month-old medium hair kitty who is quite the spitfire.
    — The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The pull of the cuchi-cuchi persona — the Spanish spitfire stereotype to rule all others — still shadows her legacy.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Her direct storytelling, and firm grasp on gospel, blues, soul and roots styles, confirm her place as a contemporary spitfire.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Elena Easley, an 8-year-old spitfire of a second-grader in Minnesota, had a very bad day last week.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The absence of spitfire and verbosity have often been cited as a poor reflection of his leadership.
    — Dan Bickley, azcentral, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Silverman, for one, is a chain-smoking, spitfire wonder as the den mother-type Gladys Heldman.
    — Esther Zuckerman, Marie Claire, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Meg, Patti, and Evie, otherwise scarce this season, each got to give one last spitfire performance.
    — Spencer Kornhaber and Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 28 May 2017
  • Despite a language barrier, the spitfire from Harlem shares in the invasion and even touches one of the women’s hair.
    — Essence, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The second-youngest of six children of Irish immigrants and a spitfire her entire life, my mother had been in declining health.
    — Timothy Hoff, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Megyn Kelly has made a name for herself as Fox News' formidable spitfire.
    — Rachel Mosely, Town & Country, 11 Apr. 2014
  • The latter captures the meditative, almost spiritual side of the group — one yet to be seen in a decade-long career of spitfire lyrics and anthemic bops.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
  • So Friend decided on a curly mohawk to maintain the narrative that Shuri has gone through a tragic loss but is still staying true to her spitfire self.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The spitfire celebrity gave her first interview in months to The Hollywood Reporter, speaking just as frankly as ever.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 9 May 2018
  • And Emma remains a spitfire who thinks a little too deeply about everything, and who usually needs Dexter’s help to relax and enjoy life.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
  • With the help of accordionist El Licenciado of Kinky fame, the pint-sized spitfire commanded the stage with pure comedic grit.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 13 July 2019
  • Samay, the 9-year-old spitfire at the center of Last Film Show, is a pintsize wheeler-dealer, a wily old soul and a bit of a mechanical genius.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
  • This group represents both the generations that shared stages with Pendulum in its heyday and those who were directly inspired to pick up producing because of the band's spitfire beats.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 29 June 2018
  • Also this week, Addis was a key player in the formation of a new alliance of sorts, one that involves spitfire Kim Mattina, 63.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
  • It was billed as the remarkable true story of the football star, featuring Bullock as the spitfire mom who literally plucked the homeless Memphis teen off the road on an icy winter night.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Though the heavy reverb and bass that typically eclipses the band's sound was lost to the wind, the fervor crept up in other places -like in the endless tumbling of spitfire scale-picking from guitarist Jesse Keeler.
    — Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • One thing Christopher Nolan undoubtedly does is place you in the heart of the action, whether that is soldiers running to escape enemy fire in the first scene, or the diving spitfire running out of gas in the last.
    — Olivia Ovenden, Esquire, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Anderson remembered how abundant the love between the Matsons felt, Arik the tall, muscular, doting husband and father, and Megan the sarcastic blue-eyed spitfire, her yin to his yang.
    — Star Tribune, 10 Jan. 2021

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