Probably her most crucial achievement, though, is reshaping the orchestra's reputation from that of a wayward, feisty bunch to one of a big happy family, sort of.

The steel workers who come to South Bend to join us in political demonstrations are an articulate, feisty bunch, fighting for their lives.

Until then, state and federal legislatures had been feisty bunches that blocked presidential initiatives and focused on constituent concerns.

We were quite a feisty bunch.

"We need to be a feistier bunch."

The Eagles are a feisty bunch that plays well at home and will shut down Edgerrin James, but not Peyton Manning.

Poets, it turns out, are a feisty bunch, as smart-alecky as they are lyrical.

They're a pretty feisty bunch.

"We need to be a feistier bunch," Mr. Baquet said there at the annual meeting of The Associated Press Managing Editors.