jocundity
Example Sentences
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However, his spirits were not in their usual flow of jocundity just now, and his lively face was dashed with care.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Lorelei realized before long that this very jocundity of his, since it fed upon constant change and excitement, constituted the gravest menace to their happiness.
From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
Fanny, who had ever forced herself to the diffusion of merriment when there was cheerlessness to be dispelled, reflected with happy eyes the old-time jocundity now reawakened.
From Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. by Stephens, Robert Neilson
Before their imperturbable jocundity what bad humour can exist?
From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.
It was all endured easily enough, and now and then there were outbursts of rollicking jocundity in spite of it The mere physical suffering of privation is not a thousandth part of its pain.
From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by Murray, David Christie
