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As the oddly courting, might-be lovers, Eisenberg is the vulnerable one, while Stewart brings her tomboyish, coltish sensuality.— California Chronicle
She's centered in the diaphragm, not the head like the coltish starlets in her ranking.— Bright Lights After Dark
She was put on the cover of Time, won an Oscar, attracted the terms ( "coltish", "gamine", "elfin") that would be attached to her thereafter and became the chosen representative of Givenchy chic.— Film | guardian.co.uk
I named her Fay after Fay Wray, of course … Her fur was taupe … and she had yellow eyes like in a Rousseau painting … In a short time Fay matured from a coltish youth into a Garboesque beauty.— Art Knowledge News
Short and coltish, they were playing high-spiritedly, wrapped in their own world.— theithacajournal.com -
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