Hilarity

Examples

• My dear Miss Summerson, he returned with a candid hilarity that was all his own, I can't be bribed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• After a short silence on both sides, Mrs. Jennings, with all her natural hilarity, burst forth again. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The smell was terrific, and the effect added to the hilarity of the excursion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Mr. Pickwick expressed his heartfelt delight at every additional suggestion; and his eyes beamed with hilarity and cheerfulness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And she heard Beaumoris's laugh ringing on the stair and knew quite well how to interpret his hilarity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It affords good, active exercise, hilarity, and consuming excitement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At a glance Caroline perceived that his social hilarity was gone; he had left it behind him in the joy-echoing fields round the school. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Wit, hilarity, and deep observation were mingled in his talk, rendering every sentence that he uttered as a flash of light. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• My own spirits were high, and I bounded along with feelings of unbridled joy and hilarity. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• But he was only ten years old; and the hilarity of youth soon chased unreasonable care from his brow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In these expeditions we were seldom accompanied by Clara or her little charge, but our return was an hour of hilarity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• There was great hilarity by this time at the banquet and the noise was tremendous. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I had scarcely recovered, and with feigned hilarity had brought back smiles into my little circle, when we saw Ryland approach. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Edited by Gillian