1 How blithely she sang that evening, and how they all laughed at her because she woke Amy in the night by playing the piano on her face in her sleep.
2 There was a long pause, while a blackbird sung blithely on the willow by the river, and the tall grass rustled in the wind.
3 Replacing the fences the Yankees had so blithely burned was a long hard task.
4 She wondered how he could jest so blithely with a rope about his neck and her pitiful circumstances before him.
5 One day, as Mollie strolled blithely into the yard, flirting her long tail and chewing at a stalk of hay, Clover took her aside.
6 On the present festive occasion he emerged from his room, when the blithe bells were going, the picture of misery, in a full suit of Sunday penitentials.
7 In a similar feeling of delicacy, we were always blithe and light-hearted with the licence clients.
8 He was so blithe about his murders her blood chilled.
9 The youth, considering himself as separated from the others, was saddened by the blithe and merry speeches that went from rank to rank.
10 He was one of those who wouldn't take care: like some of the first lads as went off so blithe to the war and got killed right away.
11 "You are looking very blithe, upon my word, Tamsie," said Mrs. Yeobright, with a sad smile.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete 12 Her anger had a good effect, however, for she hid it under a smiling face, and seemed unusually blithe and brilliant.