Cheery

Examples

• But in spite of their efforts to be as cheery as larks, the flutelike voices did not seem to chord as well as usual, and all felt out of tune. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He had grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for which he had been remarkable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She keeps her dark old manor-house light and bright with her cheery presence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Cheery oh to you, Miss. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It was a cold morning of the early spring, and we sat after breakfast on either side of a cheery fire in the old room at Baker Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He is such a cheery fellow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was a cheery, accommodating rascal. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A while since that sufficed to keep her handsome and cheery, and there she sits now a poor, little, pale, puling chit enough. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was evident to all that I was in for a long illness, so Joseph was bundled out of this cheery bedroom, and it was turned into a sick-room for me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The experiences of that cheery week were too varied and numerous for a short chapter and I have not room for a long one. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Many that want food and clothing have cheerier lives and brighter prospects than she had; many, harassed by poverty, are in a strait less afflictive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I do not remember the occasion when her entrance into a room had not made that room cheerier. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Edited by Augustus