joviality

Example Sentences

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Amid the banter and joviality, the message from the Red Roses was clear: they want to inspire the next generation.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

There’s silliness — one production involved a cryogenically frozen Swedish rapper — and the overall tone is one of joviality, the belief that art in the early 21st century should be increasingly interactive and playable.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

For all Dave Grohl’s grinning joviality, it’s easy to forget that his long-running rock group Foo Fighters was, initially, a solo project born of grief.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

One Christmas obligation is to bring tidings of comfort to those who, because they are suffering, find the obligatory joviality of the season off-putting and depressing.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

Kaede couldn’t help but feel as though it were a last meal of sorts, and the forced joviality of it all made her uneasy.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo