Alas, behind the merry laugh and sprightliness of the girls who adorn a feast lurks a skeleton.
And push they did, no doubt, kimonos rolled up thighwards, with good humour, sprightliness and cheerful grunts, as is the way with willing workers in Japan.
He admired her blooming beauty, her sprightliness and wit, and her various accomplishments.
Anne Hyde's attraction consisted, not in personal charms, but in a sprightliness of humour, and in no inconsiderable mental gifts; and she certainly played her cards well at this juncture.
The Loves had remained in Rome for a few weeks after Elsie's marriage, during which Edward had met them frequently, his liking for the father and admiration of the daughter's beauty and sprightliness increasing with every interview.
And thus these pleasant as well as proper gifts of Nature maintain the strength and the sprightliness of our bodies.
She had pleasing blue eyes, of a sprightliness mixed with dignity, and, in addition to all these graces, her conversation had a spirit in it and a sparkling polish which made every one in love with her.
Though I am her father, I may venture to say that Rosamond's sprightliness is so mixed with solid information and good sense, that her society will become agreeable to your lordship.
They formed the basis of her first published work, which met with much success, for in those days the theme was fresher, and she handled it with a sprightliness that gave individuality and interest to every page.
They are desirous to hide from themselves the advances of age, and endeavour too frequently to supply the sprightliness and bloom of youth by artificial beauty and forced vivacity.
Perhaps no kind of superiority is more flattering or alluring than that which is conferred by the powers of conversation, by extemporaneous sprightliness of fancy, copiousness of language, and fertility of sentiment.
Florentius had not knowledge enough of the world, to distinguish between the flutter of coquetry, and the sprightliness of wit, or between the smile of allurement, and that of cheerfulness.
Others soon began to remark that he was a solemn, serious, dictatorial writer, without sprightliness or gaiety, and called out with vehemence for mirth and humour.
Indeed, we were grateful enough for this very sprightliness of his, for it acted as a corrective to the depressing effect of the entire establishment, which was pervaded by an air of dull, forlorn gloom.
Can anyone wonder, therefore, that in such a place we were grateful for thesprightliness of our waiter, whose good spirits and lively antics prevented us from indulging in depressing thoughts?
Major Burr was attracted by her sprightliness and vivacity, and she, according to her own confessions, penned nearly twenty years afterward, had not only become violently in love with, but had acknowledged the fact to him.
They contain more wit and sprightliness than you ever wrote in the same compass, and have amused me exceedingly.
The freshness of the air, and the sprightliness of all animated nature, are circumstances of no trifling consequence.
Lady Honoria Pemberton, a daughter of the Duke of Derwent, now came into the room, and afforded her some relief by the sprightliness of her conversation.
The whole family, she told her, went into the country in two days, and she hoped that a new scene, with quietness and early hours, would restore both the bloom and sprightliness which her late cares and restlessness had injured.
Those which give us a Sight of also theSprightliness and Vigour of it, are better; and those which comprehend further, the Simplicity and the Tenderness of the young Lasses, are best.
It had better have strength and Sprightliness and Politeness than Nothing.
And thus these pleasant, as well as proper, gifts of Nature maintain the strength and the sprightliness of our bodies.
First, she endeavoured to conceal a throbbing melancholy heart with the utmost sprightliness in her countenance, and the highest gaiety in her manner.
Sophia, with the highest degree of innocence and modesty, had a remarkable sprightliness in her temper.
The lovely Sophia shone forth that day with more gaiety and sprightliness than usual.
To leave the house was out of the question, to feign illness as much so, and to decline taking a part was impossible, for her talent and sprightliness were the hope of the theatre.
The wombat cannot jump like the kangaroo or the wallaby, and his sprightliness and activity are the sprightliness and activity of a cast-iron pig.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sprightliness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
