become cheerful

Example Sentences

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Every now and then Milton’s optimism would sway my mother and she would become cheerful for a day or two.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

If anything she had become cheerful and certainly as human as any girl he had known.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

But the moment we throw the blame on ourselves, that moment we can have hope, that moment we can become cheerful again; for whatsoever else we cannot mend, we can at least mend ourselves. 

From Town and Country Sermons by Kingsley, Charles

Ivan," said she, "we will forget, forget all, excepting that we love each other, and thus only can I become cheerful.

From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel

If these birds, viz., swans and cranes and Satapatras and Chashas utter auspicious cries, and all the able-bodied combatants become cheerful, these are regarded as indications of future success.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan