cheerful
Example Sentences
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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
Cheap and cheerful isn’t just about the vibes—it might turn out to be a well-calculated strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Craig Robinson joins the cast as Atlas, a cheerful talking GPS hippo toy, and Ernie Hudson arrives as Combat Carl, alongside Shelby Rabara as Snappy, an excitable toy camera.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 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
I was delighted at first, but then Red’s message wasn’t so cheerful.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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