joviality

Example Sentences

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Fans of the hirsute sourpuss seek him out for his in-your-face edge — the opposite of Santa’s remote joviality.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

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

For all Dave Grohl’s grinning joviality, it’s easy to forget that his long-running rock group Foo Fighters was, initially, a solo project born of grief.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

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 discovery of his daughter restored his former joviality and the pleasure of being with her was slowly leading him away from dissipation.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez