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Examples of moxie
moxie
Shahi plays a moxie little lawyer who knows the score but doesn't play the game.
From the kentucky.com
Both actresses are wonderful and infuse their caricatures with whimsy and moxie.
From the jsonline.com
The goaltender proved his moxie by not retaliating and shutting out the Rangers.
From the washingtontimes.com
Leach brings both pathos and moxie to Harper, whose life is ruled by her fears.
From the ocregister.com
AirTran has the resources and moxie to become Milwaukee's new hometown airline.
From the jsonline.com
If actions speak louder than words, Dutrow's moxie must be respected even more.
From the washingtonpost.com
The last left-hander I saw break in at 21 with this moxie was Dontrelle Willis.
From the denverpost.com
Tax lawyers have plenty of legal moxie and panache, as five more examples show.
From the forbes.com
The effort perfectly captured Lieberman's distinctive mix of manners and moxie.
From the usatoday.com
- Backbone: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
- Moxie is a carbonated beverage that was one of the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It continues to be regionally popular today. It is the main ingredient in the New Englander cocktail.
- A soft drink that was popular in the coal region, probably in the 1940's. Contains Gentian root, and tastes like a cross between root beer or sarsparilla and brown cough syrup. I've heard you can still buy this from Catawissa Bottling Company.
- Bold vigor and courage, fortitude and endurance; derived from the trademark for "Moxie Nerve Food", an invigorating temperance tonic widely sold as a refreshing beverage since 1876, being more popular than "CocaCola" until the Depression Era. ...
- Courage, nerve or vigor.
