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

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

But for adults, it was a chance to stay young forever, to make the magic of the happiest place on earth last, to live there in a constant, manufactured cheerfulness.

From Salon • May 2, 2023

Mariam thought of Jalil, of the emphatic, jovial way in which he’d pushed his jewelry at her, the overpowering cheerfulness that left room for no response but meek gratitude.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini