He was rather glad to walk into the cheeriness of Phoebe's living-room and sink onto a sofa. From LearnThat.org. [F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) American novelist and short story writer; from This Side of Paradise, 1920.]
Another relic of Disney live action musical cheeriness from the ’60s. From Wordnik.com. [Weekly Mishmash: May 16-22 : Scrubbles.net] Reference
Summer makes me incredibly sad, I just hate the heat and the 'cheeriness' of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Pour lolita Goth Hello Kitty and the winter in me.] Reference
The overall effect is a cheeriness that bedazzles. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet Dreams] Reference
There was an infectious courage and cheeriness about. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
"Ah, Forsythe!" he said, with an assumption of cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
'No use starving ourselves,' said Roy with his usual cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
Their cheeriness under the most terrible conditions was soul-moving. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
"Lead the way," Kharl said, with a cheeriness he did not quite feel. From Wordnik.com. [Ordermaster]
Her strained expression gave the lie to the cheeriness of her words. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
Legge turned to the pilot again and smiled with attempted cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs] Reference
All his cheeriness of the day had departed, leaving him glum and silent. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades] Reference
"We'll be home in time for supper, El," he said, with forced cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
"Yes, sir," he said with the brisk cheeriness of the congenital salesman. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
He got his mental agility as well as his indomitable cheeriness from her. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Line War] Reference
I wish I could give an idea of its cheeriness, especially after travelling. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
Colin's rampant euphoria had subsided into a kind of determined cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [Mostly Harmless]
The cheeriness of the place now seemed ominous, a façade hiding a darker truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Bonesetter's Daughter]
She knows that her relentless chin-up cheeriness tends to cast a blinding light. From Wordnik.com. [I'm a Good Girl I Am: Julie Andrews Tells Her Tale] Reference
"Wait till the sun comes up," said Betty, recovering a little of her old cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
You gave yourself credit for some endurance, but look at their unaffected cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
Even the cheeriness with which they were accepting their rancid situation annoyed him. From Wordnik.com. [On Forsyte 'Change] Reference
"What's yours is mine, I thought," he observed, with a sorry affectation of cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Turkey red curtains at the lower windows gave an air of cheeriness to the lonely place. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
He may shine in the cheeriness of some triumph, or whisper to us in a message of good news. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
We did not mean to lose the cheeriness of the house, though much of the family had departed. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference
Though famed for rescuing burnt beef Wellington with orotund cheeriness, Child was at a loss. From Wordnik.com. [Crash Course] Reference
Or may be a streak of cheeriness in the otherwise inscrutable bearing; it may be a confiding. From Wordnik.com. [William Adolphus Turnpike] Reference
Mrs. Beauchamp's eyes filled with agonized tears, but the sailor's cheeriness was infectious. From Wordnik.com. [Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children] Reference
"Well, she'll be back, you know, Cashel," Garric said, the lie patent in his brittle cheeriness. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
“It's a very cold -23 below outside,” the weatherman said with a perverse cheeriness in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [It's so cold, on my way to work I saw a dog frozen to a fire hydrant!] Reference
(The relentlessly forced cheeriness of Christmas can be a bit much even if you're in a pretty good place.). From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "Christmas Comes But Once A Year," Except for These Three Wise Guys] Reference
"Dreams -- ah, mother mine" -- she answered with forced cheeriness -- "but what would life be without them?". From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The lad's cheeriness, the eagerness of the keen young face, and the tone of the voice put new heart into him. From Wordnik.com. [William Adolphus Turnpike] Reference
"Oh, just leave it to Hicks!" accommodated that blithesome Senior, with a cheeriness he was far from feeling. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
Patriot, which he had read overnight, had hurt him, and he was affecting a special cheeriness to conceal this. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
He admired him for his bravery and the cheeriness and sweetness of his disposition under trials and suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades] Reference
Afraid of deflating card-customer cheeriness, some card shops are chucking their squares into the circular file. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Be a Square] Reference
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