convivial

Example Sentences

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The atmosphere is convivial but tinged with tension.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

After a convivial afternoon, Lauren Harper Pope, co-founder of Welcome PAC, said the words everyone wanted to hear: “Now’s the really fun part,” she said.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2025

The generous portions and convivial setting helped solidify Papa Cristo’s as a decades-long community staple for the neighborhood and far beyond it, and in 2010 Chrys’ youngest daughter, Annie, joined the trade.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025

But behind this convivial scene a "gnarly and unpleasant" legal battle is underway.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025

The idea was to meet once a month to swap geological notions over a glass or two of Madeira and a convivial dinner.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson