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
Lacking that, the season’s appealing jauntiness takes on a grim weight even as it asks us to ponder what we owe to each other.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2023
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
Mr. Baker said the language allowed gay men to communicate frankly and identify one another, but with its irrepressible jauntiness, it also celebrated the customs and spirit of a marginalized community.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022
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
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