Cheering
['tʃiəriŋ]
Definition
(noun.) encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators; 'it's all over but the shouting'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheer
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Examples
- The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The cheering was so lusty that the enemy must have taken it for a night attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Some of my men were engaged in firing from captured guns at empty steamers down the river, out of range, cheering at every shot. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You think he needs cheering up a bit, do you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I am sensible of no light kindling--no life quickening--no voice counselling or cheering. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Of her soon cheering up again, and our signing the register all round. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For the first time in my life I found my attention wandering over those pious and cheering words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My immediate comrade and I talked in an undertone about quarantine laws and their penalties, but we found nothing cheering in the subject. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It may have been the cheering, or it may have happened sooner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- All sent their love; and all expressed a cheering belief that Lady Verinder's indisposition would soon pass away. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The labourers in the village and the boys from the school, assembled on the lawn, caught up the cheering and echoed it back on us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There was no lingering among the old elm-trees now--no cheering anticipations of happiness yet in store. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- After me poured a yelling, cheering, cursing throng of Helium's best fighting-men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was no cheering spectacle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Presently the stout men of Alkmaar, cheering and jeering, watched the Spaniards breaking camp. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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