jolly

Example Sentences

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To put down the ideas in one’s head requires no one else—no friends, no neighbors, no jolly group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Ms. Wiles seems, in the piece, to have been allowed, perhaps even encouraged, to view her interlocutor as her friend, her jolly confidante.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell may not be anyone’s idea of jolly, but he has still left something of a gift for Wall Street as Christmas approaches.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Thankfully, a rewrite and the addition of some tubular bells made it much more jolly.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

I won’t get a medal, and I jolly well don’t want or deserve one, but I won’t lose my license, either—I mean, you could say I’ve already lost it myself, but they’ll reissue it.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein