But when driving in a spirited manner, there is a decided hesitation when you push the accelerator to the floor, before the turbos kick in.

Mr. Schopp recounts all this in a spirited manner, but he is less successful at sorting out the facts and setting them in perspective.

In the storming of Fort Napoleon at Almaraz, Stewart led the right wing of his regiment "in a most gallant and spirited manner".

They argued in the most spirited manner, those ten minutes.

They are from the designs of Claude de La Ruelle and Jean La Hire, and are etched in a slight, spirited manner.

Though the muster was not large, the play was conducted in a spirited manner; and there were many good struggles before a goal was kicked.

He excelled in painting portraits of ladies and children; he also executed eleven etchings in a spirited manner.

But the case illustrates the fine line between acting in a public spirited manner, and breaking the law.

He also admired the "spirited, fanciful manner" in which Warren & Wetmore had handled the limestone and bronze.

Mr. Kahane played in a serious and occasionally spirited manner, but if he had penetrating or passionately held ideas, they did not come across clearly.