convivial

Example Sentences

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The icehouse, used as a living space, became “a site of convivial socializing among musicians and cognoscenti.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Playgroups and adoption events, often hosted at convivial spots— like Creature’s Plants & Coffee in Eagle Rock or the Hermosillo, a bar in Highland Park— are another chance to connect in person.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

After a convivial afternoon, Lauren Harper Pope, co-founder of Welcome PAC, said the words everyone wanted to hear: “Now’s the really fun part,” she said.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2025

Police lined the streets and, in the balmy 25C weather, their reassuring presence brought a lively and convivial atmosphere, far removed from the terror of last month.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

If you had to select the least convivial scientific field trip of all time, you could certainly do worse than the French Royal Academy of Sciences’ Peruvian expedition of 1735.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson