jauntiness
Example Sentences
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Set to a triumphal score by Amelia Warner, there’s a hint of Bruckheimer’s “Pirates of the Caribbean”-style jauntiness to the powerful orchestration that adds to the sense of melodrama at play.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
With an offstage orchestra finding the lyricism and jauntiness in the Caribbean-flavored score, overseen by musical directors Elisa Rosman and Refiye Tappan, this is a worthwhile and joyful rendition of a classic.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2022
Soon, the jauntiness gives way to gritty reality, and the mood shifts.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2019
It had the effortless vault and jauntiness of the music he loved: classic Texas swing.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 9, 2019
Their shoulders drooped even as they laughed, and when they put their hands on their hips in a show of jauntiness, the palms slipped the thighs as if the pants were waxed.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
