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How to use spunk in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Spunk means a spark. Example: “The vernacular name for sulphur matches was "spunks", and even in some of the country districts of Scotland the name has descended to modern matches.”

Examples of spunk by meaning

nounSynonym of taper, a thin stick used for transferring flames, especially a sulfur match.

  • The vernacular name for sulphur matches was "spunks", and even in some of the country districts of Scotland the name has descended to modern matches.1907 November, Elliot Stock & al., "Notes of the Month“, The Antiquary, Vol. XLIII (OS) or III (NS), No. 11, p. 411

nounCourage; spirit; mettle; determination.

  • “Maria knows what that desert is as well as we do, but she′s got more spunk than either of us.1920 August, Edward Leonard, "Old Zeke′s Mule", Boys′ Life, p. 55
  • Douglas: You've got spunk.2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6

nounAn attractive person; a good-looker.

  • I got a transfer in my bank job and on the first day on the job in the big smoke I had to share a teller's box with a young lady called Kim, a real spunk and my future wife.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 82
  • We are welcomed by 20 year old spunks, as we make a last valiant attempt with our bodies - gasp, gasp - and try to get back in shape.2005, Sue Austin, Women′s Aggressive Fantasies: A Post-Jungian Exploration of Self-Hatred, Love and Agency, UK: Routledge, page 166

More sentences with spunk

  • The only way we're gonna know is if we DNA him against the spunk in Karen.2002, Matthew Stokoe, High Life, New York, N.Y.: Akashic Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 261. From the entry dna
  • He, after his sister had rubbed some of the spunk within its wrinkled orifice, prepared for an enculade.2019, The Power of Mesmerism. From the entry enculade
  • People calls this "spunk," but it's foxfire.1911, Patsy Moore Ginns, quoting Stanley Hicks, “Ghosts, Haints, and Witches”, in Snowbird Gravy and Dishpan Pie: Mountain People Recall…. From the entry foxfire
  • “Lor!” said Priss meditatively, “I thought as the lad wud have had more spunk in 'im, but he's as linnow as a glove.1904, Catherine Milnes Gaskell, Old Shropshire Life, page 291. From the entry linnow
  • He clearly had some of the spunk from the war left in him, for Tim always found the man addressing him as “flea bag,” “scum” or “maggot.”2003, Charles Merrill, The Hidden Gift, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry flea bag

Meaning of spunk

  1. noun A spark.
  2. noun Touchwood; tinder.
  3. noun Synonym of taper, a thin stick used for transferring flames, especially a sulfur match.

Full definition of spunk

Questions about spunk in a sentence

How do you use spunk in a sentence?
Spunk is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The vernacular name for sulphur matches was "spunks", and even in some of the country districts of Scotland the name has descended to modern matches.”
What is a short sentence with spunk?
“Douglas: You've got spunk.”
What does spunk mean?
Spunk means a spark.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spunk (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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