cheerfulness

Example Sentences

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I don’t know Justice Thomas, but all who do attest to the man’s cheerfulness and affability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

His persistent cheerfulness was itself an act of resistance, a refusal to be broken.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

Ms. Cruz-Rivas, who takes pride in her lack of self-pity, faced the ordeal with odd cheerfulness.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Some gentle probing revealed that his cheerfulness might be, at least in part, a reflection of the team that’s about to open its season Saturday night at the Rose Bowl against Coastal Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

To youth and natural cheerfulness like Emma’s, though under temporary gloom at night, the return of day will hardly fail to bring return of spirits.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen