jaunty
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In 1938, he brought a jaunty brio to “The Adventures of Robin Hood” that forever defined the character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
My brothers were particularly fond of one wooden ewe mounted on wheels, which gave her the jaunty appearance of a sheep who had recently discovered skateboarding.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
An hour before the climb, I arrive at the Zimmerman Bandstand, where a troupe wearing Navy whites plays jaunty tunes.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
The practice is familiar to anyone from Glasgow, where the Duke of Wellington statue at the Gallery of Modern Art has been wearing a cone at a jaunty angle since the 1980s.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Then, whistling the jaunty Miss Teen Dream theme song about a world of pretty, the agent turned and disappeared into the jungle, covering any trace of his tracks.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Hnath creates his own universe, and the design choices should reflect this wonderland quality to a jauntier degree.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
Listen to the way he slips subtly from the work’s grim opening to the jauntier, waltzing second section.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2017
It may reenact a true story with gasp-inducing verisimilitude, but “The Walk” still seems like a fantasy — a throwback to an upbeat, jauntier age of filmmaking.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2015
The new Peter, unhaunted and largely conscience-free, is Indy plus Han Solo; and Guardians is a jauntier, far brattier Star Wars.
From Time ● Aug. 1, 2014
On her head was a jaunty swimming cap no jauntier than herself when she urged the ten minutes in place of five.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
That “Going Shopping” is the album’s jauntiest cut — with a music video that restages Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al,” no less — only sharpens the critique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The distinct period setting and sleek, angular design of the first “Incredibles,” with its Midcentury Modern home furnishings and retro-futuristic architecture, made it the jauntiest, most American of Pixar masterworks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2018
American insouciance melts Russian sanctimony in Arthur Freed’s 1957 production “Silk Stockings,” the jauntiest of Cold War movies.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
On the pitch at least, Euro 2012 has been the jauntiest of tournaments so far and we could be in for a cracker tonight too.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2012
They might live by their wits, but they knew how to wear always the jauntiest indifference of manner.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
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