cheerfully

Example Sentences

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“You know, as you get old, friends go away. Parents die. Even children leave,” she cheerfully tells Ashley in an early scene, when she finds out she and Austin intend to marry.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

"We'll be discussing Arundhati Roy's Mother Mary Comes to Me this week," she says cheerfully.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

She always answered simply and cheerfully: “I can’t remember. My life really started when you were born. That’s what I remember.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“It’s different for everyone,” Alyssa Farah Griffin chimed in cheerfully.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

“I just wanted directions and the next thing I know”—I gave a cheerfully dismayed laugh—“this man’s telling me I’m on private property and he’s impounding my car.”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson