The phrase "a spirited round" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an enthusiastic or lively discussion, debate, or competition, often in a social or informal context.
Example: "The team engaged in a spirited round of debate about the best strategies for the upcoming project."
Alternatives: "an animated discussion" or "a lively exchange".
The groom was whisked upstairs, where a doctor guest stitched him up, and Mr. Janklow emerged 30 minutes later, in time for a spirited round of karaoke.
After dinner, a spirited round of carol singing ended with a "Hallelujah" chorus in need of more robust voices than our full bellies could supply.
I favor a direct approach, but if you can't stomach that, perhaps you could engage Nosy Parker in a spirited round of "25 Things About Me".
The riots in Kibera, between landlords and tenants of different ethnic groups, have prompted a spirited round of finger-pointing among politicians over who was to blame for fomenting the trouble.
One Saturday morning, in a downstairs room of the Upper East Side brownstone that houses the Rhinelander Children's Center a dozen or so deaf or hard-of-hearing children were engrossed in a spirited round of Red Hands, a game of reflexes that is an occasional feature of the center's weekend program.
So he had his D.J. play other people's hits and let the crowd sing along, leading a spirited round of which-side-is-the-loudest? and using his fist at the imaginary volume knob to bring the building from a murmur to a roar.
What followed was the most spirited round and a half of the 2000 Olympic boxing tournament in what became the most vigorous and entertaining fight of the 286 fought so far in Sydney.
A spirited first round had ended with Tyson hitting Golota with a straight right hand that sent Golota to the canvas.
But Moloney, who saw off Northern Ireland's Ruairi Dalton in the quarter-finals, started fast and stood up to a spirited final round from his opponent.
The band itself was tight and spirited, rounded out by the excellent David Sharma on kit drums, Soumya Chatterjee on violin, and Gaurav Shah on harmonium and vocals.
"Greater New York," at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, the newly annexed Queens outpost of the Museum of Modern Art, is a spirited affair that rounds up enough youngish artists (146 in all) to start a day camp.
