jaunty
Example Sentences
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If they threaten to bore, the authors’ jaunty tone enlivens the delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The pop star achieved the feat with her single XMAS, an irrepressibly jaunty anthem about "the presents underneath the tree" and kissing someone special "out in the snow".
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
To get the right feeling for a story set in Edwardian London, the Shermans channeled the jaunty tunes of the Music Hall tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The other park, not far up the coast, was as perky and clean-cut as a barbershop quartet, painted the colors of sand and sky, with shipshape and jaunty ocean-inspired adventures, and zippy, futuristic, razzle-dazzle rides.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025
My mother would wear her broad-brimmed beaver hat when we came and my father would swing his cane in that jaunty way that showed how glad he was to be a man.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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