CHEERY in a Sentence

Learn CHEERY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

18 example sentences for CHEERY, such as:

1. He was cheery and more casual than ever at breakfast.
2. The owner of the cheery voice took him firmly by the arm.
3. Fighting faults isn't easy, as I know, and a cheery word kind of gives a lift.
4. He had grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for which he had been remarkable.
5. In the search which followed, the man of the cheery voice seemed to the youth to possess a wand of a magic kind.

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cheery
 a.  bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  Her voice was joined by Rhett's excellent bass, and as they went into the second verse those on the porch breathed more easily, though Heaven knew it was none too cheery a song, either.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  He was cheery and more casual than ever at breakfast.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
3  The owner of the cheery voice took him firmly by the arm.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
4  In the search which followed, the man of the cheery voice seemed to the youth to possess a wand of a magic kind.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
5  The forest seemed a vast hive of men buzzing about in frantic circles, but the cheery man conducted the youth without mistakes, until at last he began to chuckle with glee and self-satisfaction.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
6  The door here opened, and a little short, round, pin-cushiony woman stood at the door, with a cheery, blooming face, like a ripe apple.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  But in spite of their efforts to be as cheery as larks, the flutelike voices did not seem to chord as well as usual, and all felt out of tune.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
8  Holding a hand of each, and watching the two young faces wistfully, Mrs. March said, in her serious yet cheery way.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
9  Fighting faults isn't easy, as I know, and a cheery word kind of gives a lift.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
10  So Jo was satisfied with the investment of her prize money, and fell to work with a cheery spirit, bent on earning more of those delightful checks.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
11  It was a cold morning of the early spring, and we sat after breakfast on either side of a cheery fire in the old room at Baker Street.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
12  He had grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for which he had been remarkable.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
13  It was evident to all that I was in for a long illness, so Joseph was bundled out of this cheery bedroom, and it was turned into a sick-room for me.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
14  These last were continually changing, for it was never a very cheery situation, and sometimes it became past all bearing.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
15  Think not now of the minister, but look about thee, and see how cheery is everybody's face to-day.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
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