jaunty
Example Sentences
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The documentary also features bright colors, funky music and an often jaunty tone.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
A jaunty denim hat that would look silly on pretty much anyone else.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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
She hurried up the steps, smiling a little at this fancy: it was because he looked so young and defenseless as he walked away, and yet so jaunty and strong.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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