jocund

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

That was just one role Mr. Train played — the jocund hobbyist who ambled into bookish success.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

The rest of the poem is about what “a jocund company” they make.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020

That last part is a bit of cheek for effect, deleted quickly by a green cursor, a taste of the jocund energy that informs this six-part limited series.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2019

Yes of course I am as jocund and elated as the next chiel at the success of Andy Murray and Chris Hoy and all those nice rowers and sailors.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012

Now the harvest’s o’er, And the grain we store, And the stacks we pull, And the barn is full, The merry, merry reapers sing again, And jocund shouts the happy harvest swain, Hallo Large!

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard