more jocund
Example Sentences
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Who were more liberal-hearted, lofty-minded, gayer, more jocund, elastic, adventurous, given to fun and frolic, than the top-men of the fore, main, and mizzen masts?
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman
The prophetic element is rarely absent, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, only it is a more jocund and reassuring cry than we are used to in prophecy.
From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John
A cheek of white, suffused with crimson grain, Medoro had, in youth, a pleasing grace; Nor bound on that emprize, 'mid all the train, Was there a fairer or more jocund face.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Hesperus! what more jocund light is borne aloft in the heavens?
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Assuming a more jocund air, he trips from house to house announcing little strangers.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.
