cheerful

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ariosto’s cheerful quotes from Rob, Steve, Chris, Andy, Pete, Miguel and Sonny would grate less if he maintained more critical distance from his subjects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

And it turns out that there was something deeper going on—something that none of the cheerful messages around breastfeeding warned me about.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026

The star, who shot to fame as a child actor on The Wire in the early 2000s, has plenty to be cheerful about.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Making "Year of the Horse" stuffed toys in a workshop, an employee accidentally stitched the festive foal's mouth on upside-down -- turning its cheerful expression into a gloomy frown.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

She was a plump, cheerful woman called Rosa.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer