buoyant

Example Sentences

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“Every Brilliant Thing” makes for an unexpectedly buoyant evening of theater, but it never makes funny fodder of its dark subject matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

He says when the market is buoyant, about 60% of sales tend to be second homes and although this figure has fallen over the last two years, he does not put this down to H2.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

While the economy is "buoyant," the IMF warned that "uncertainty around trade policies could represent a larger-than- expected drag on activity."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

He no longer looked buoyant and rosy-faced; there was no more spring in his step.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling