joviality

Example Sentences

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Amid the banter and joviality, the message from the Red Roses was clear: they want to inspire the next generation.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

He coupled his counsel with joviality and a scratchy, infectious laugh that took some of the sting out of his sometimes-unwelcome advice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

One Christmas obligation is to bring tidings of comfort to those who, because they are suffering, find the obligatory joviality of the season off-putting and depressing.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

The joviality didn’t last long — or, rather, it flipped back and forth between dancers driving across the floor to more introspective moments for Marcellus, whose rich, layered vocalizations filled the theater.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Kaede couldn’t help but feel as though it were a last meal of sorts, and the forced joviality of it all made her uneasy.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo