cheerfulness
Example Sentences
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I don’t know Justice Thomas, but all who do attest to the man’s cheerfulness and affability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Where her Kayla is brash, entitled and self-confident to a fault, Jess is needy, full of second thoughts and self-doubts, even as she projects a kind of frantic cheerfulness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
His persistent cheerfulness was itself an act of resistance, a refusal to be broken.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
Ms. Cruz-Rivas, who takes pride in her lack of self-pity, faced the ordeal with odd cheerfulness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
He had a nice, boyish sort of cheerfulness that had never been trained out of him, and I probably have not brought it out.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
