Sentence examples similar to a spirited occasion from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, the editors and agents put up a spirited fight.

It was a high-spirited occasion, with television screens playing video loops of the wedding.

The school prayer issue occasioned a spirited argument at the Supreme Court Wednesday during which a majority of the justices expressed a healthy reluctance to permit organized prayer at public high school football games.

Everton's Australian international midfielder Tim Cahill watched Samoa, the country where his mother was born, clinch the 10th and last place in next autumn's World Cup with a 38-16 win against a spirited Lebanon team on a memorable occasion in Featherstone last night.

As June 1 marks Heidi's 40th birthday, we think the joyful occasion calls for a spirited celebration.

St James Parkk had been denied one of its great occasions and Benfica, deservedly, were into the semi-finals, but it had been a spirited late effort from Alan Pardew's team and the ovation was instinctive and carried considerable sympathy.

A spirited correspondence followed.

Instead, they mounted a spirited defence.

She gives a spirited performance.

She was a spirited 94 year old.

But she was quite a spirited animal.