This brought a spirited response, which he endured stoically.

He declined to identify the director who made the presentation, but said that it "met with a very, very, very spirited response from Charlie."

Partly it died, no doubt, from its own defects (including distribution difficulties), and partly from the spirited response of the Standard.

I have come to expect a more spirited response from you.

The figures are meaningless without some analysis; "spirited response" doesn't really cut it.

If Villa can provide a spirited response to Sunday's timid then he has a chance.

A Chinese victory, had those penalty kicks gone the other way, would doubtless have provoked a spirited response.

Another time, she might have managed a more spirited response.

Such partisan onslaughts brought spirited responses.

This touched off still more spirited response from the scientific community.