cheer up

Example Sentences

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“Hey-hey, we shall cheer up our glorious Ukraine!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

“Maybe the current global situation, be it geopolitical or macroeconomic, does not lead people to cheer up and to open bottles of Champagne.”

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Voters started to cheer up about the economy.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2024

Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who visited the Super Eagles' dressing room after the defeat, asked them to cheer up, saying: "It's not easy being the second best team on the African continent."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

Still, I wasn’t about to put in a huge effort to cheer up Dad.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx