jocund

Example Sentences

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The book would have paired Hughes’s fervent poem about the pain of subjugation with Brown’s jocund illustrations of a lion:

From New York Times

That was just one role Mr. Train played — the jocund hobbyist who ambled into bookish success.

From New York Times

The rest of the poem is about what “a jocund company” they make.

From Washington Post

That last part is a bit of cheek for effect, deleted quickly by a green cursor, a taste of the jocund energy that informs this six-part limited series.

From Salon

The stragglers are also referred to as the laughing group, and on Tuesday it lost arguably its most jocund member.

From The Guardian