How to Use spry in a Sentence

spry

adjective
Definition of sprynext
Synonyms for sprynext
  • Larry Paulsen is spry and shrewd as Olivia’s jester, Feste.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 30 Nov. 2019
  • On Tuesday, her pug, Bea, still spry at 7 years old, passed out from the heat.
    — Nicholas Nehamas, miamiherald, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The rest of the band makes spry work of otherwise staid idioms.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 6 June 2019
  • Brady, the 13th quarterback to start an NFL game at age 40, didn’t look too spry.
    — Associated Press, Philly.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Brady, the 13th quarterback to start an NFL game at age 40, didn't look too spry.
    — Barry Wilner, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Meanwhile, Lynn, at a spry 88, sounds as sharp and loose as ever.
    — Alex Suskind, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Still spry and thrilling but showing its age in other ways.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2020
  • One is still spry enough to go 310 mph and the other is still strong enough to carry 6 tons of cargo.
    — Rob Nikolewski, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • But two days later in Game 6, Davis looked spry and helped the Lakers win a title.
    — Larry Starks, USA TODAY, 4 June 2021
  • Dear Heloise: This is my dog Ollie, a happy and spry pup who turns 11 next month!
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2020
  • And Todd Gurley looked spry on his 13-yard touchdown run.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Long iron hair, yet the spry gait of some extinct animal.
    — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2017
  • The victim, Sun Yi Kwon, was a spry 81-year-old who lived alone and went on a daily walk each morning.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The staff member went inside and came back with a spry woman smartly dressed in a pantsuit.
    — Harriet Blake, Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Nike’s flashy Victory 5 XC spike will dig through the mud while staying light and spry.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 Sep. 2019
  • None of them seemed surprised to see Sid, then a spry 84, wandering through their pregame warmup.
    — Scott Gillespie, Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
  • All pet owners want to see their dog healthy and spry into their senior years.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The surprisingly spry 14-year-old dog still jumps for treats and dances to elicit a hearty laugh from Williams.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2022
  • But when Covid-19 took errands away, the shape-shifting, spry appeal of athleisure seemed to dim.
    — Flora Tsapovsky, Wired, 22 June 2020
  • There’s plenty of guys here who are young and spry and running around, and something might happen.
    — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 12 June 2018
  • Eleven years later, Trump was able to put him on the Supreme Court as a relatively spry 49-year-old.
    — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 9 May 2017
  • McCown, looking very spry for a 38-year-old QB, went in untouched around the left side on a scramble for a 7-0 Jets lead.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2017
  • A few month ago, my spry 89-year-old grandfather (who still goes to the gym three times a week) visited the U.S. from Israel.
    — Stav Ziv, Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2017
  • In the early months of the pandemic, Ilse Treister, a spry 96-year-old, was confined to her apartment.
    — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 9 May 2021
  • At the spry age of 20, Kenin's an up-and-comer having reached the final in Cincinnati before falling to Keys.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Some folks in their 90s are spry and highly active, while folks who are decades younger appear to be much older.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Nancy Guigle, a longtime volunteer at the pantry, is still spry enough at age 78 to scale a stepladder to grab canned goods.
    — Greg Trotter, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • Teammate Nasir Adderley, the free safety, is 47th and looked spry Sunday.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • In a year that's seen the loss of so many beloved celebrities, Betty White is still looking spry and going strong (thank goodness!).
    — Diana Bruk, Country Living, 17 Jan. 2017
  • Keep your spry feet dry as well; these hikers are waterproof, too.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022

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