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Example sentences for "cheery"

Lexicographically close words:
cheering; cheerless; cheerlessness; cheerly; cheers; chees; cheese; cheesecakes; cheesecloth; cheesemonger
  1. But the curtains all around kept the travellers dry, and with its cheery lights the interior of the car was cozy and pleasant.

  2. I do not say that it is more pleasantly conducted than the Pavillon, for that were impossible; but the rooms are so cheery and bright and new, and then the food!

  3. We waved; we caught a cheery gleam of his white teeth and black-lashed blue eyes.

  4. People, mostly," said the Honourable Jim with a cheery grin.

  5. Seven o'clock, and the cheery sounds of morning activity all around me.

  6. All the apartments that were bright and clean and cheery were quite too expensive for Primrose's slender purse.

  7. And the whole of the land, with a general slope of liveliness and rejoicing, spread itself well to the sun, with a strong inclination toward the morning, to catch the cheery import of his voyage across the sea.

  8. Having been hard at work among her flowers, she was come to get a cupful of milk for herself, and the cheery content and general goodwill encouraged by the gardener's gentle craft were smiling on her rosy lips and sparkling in her eyes.

  9. India matting covered the floor, with a gay rug here and there; the antique andirons shone on the wide hearth, where a cheery blaze dispelled the dampness of the long-closed room.

  10. Mrs. Clemens's bodily strength came up handsomely under that cheery respite from household and nursery cares.

  11. I tell you it was a great occasion and a striking and cheery group, taking all the surroundings into account and the wintry aspect outside.

  12. Then he very slowly and methodically picked up his jaunty curly-brimmed hat and shining kid gloves, and with a cheery nod to his companion, who answered it with a scowl, he swaggered off into the counting-house.

  13. Trimble saw them disappear into the garden, and, guided by their cheery voices, soon discovered the back of the shed in which the momentous surgical operation was to take place.

  14. So decided Captain Forrester, as with a cheery smile on his handsome face he shouted to his men to hold out, and fought like a lion beside the foremost gun.

  15. Nor was his the only heart whom that cheery sound caused to palpitate.

  16. Jeffreys was not proof against this, and walked home with his two young friends, beguiling the way with cheery talk, which effectually dispelled the cloud which his passing anger had roused.

  17. When at length the visitors rode away, they left him grinning a cheery farewell from his doorstep.

  18. His lips were on her forehead for a moment; the next he was peering into her face with his usual cheery grin.

  19. Nick himself admitted him with a cheery grin.

  20. A very cheery bachelor was Bobby Fraser, and a tremendous favourite wherever he went.

  21. A whoop of cheery recognition greeted them before either of them realised that it was occupied, and they discovered Nick seated on the step, working with his one hand at the foot-brake.

  22. It is just this sort of thing that makes hunting glorious; the cheery fire and the flapping tent doors, the breeze ruffling the lake, the sitting at night by the fire and the tales we heard there.

  23. He was always cheery and full of hope, even in our worst straits; he was tender-hearted as a child, and every sick or wounded soldier worshipped him for his unvarying attention and kindness.

  24. Then he sent for an officer and a file of soldiers, and Santiago turned to bid us a cheery farewell.

  25. Most of the men, after eating and drinking, stretched themselves out on the grass, and were fast asleep in a moment; but our leader had much to do, and the cheery young doctor spent half his time in attending on the sick.

  26. Bright, alert, and cheery as ever, he rode at the head of his troops, smiling and bowing to the inhabitants as they greeted him with rousing cheers.

  27. They know that, if there is any fighting to be done, they are sure to have their share and more and, except when roused, he is cheery and pleasant.

  28. It was the cheery eventide after a five-o'clock dinner.

  29. Fore Gad I have a mind, to get those cheery words hewn on the front of the stone porch, or inscribed on parchment and fastened, on the lintel of the door, in the Jewish fashion.

  30. But it was a cheery group she encountered.

  31. There were no neighbors, save a cheery old priest, and the simple villagers who made respectful obeisance as they passed.

  32. And as the grandfather virtually supported the household, he was allowed to have his own way, and indeed that strong, yet cheery will was not to be opposed.

  33. When the trout were not rising, and his keen glance saw no gleam of red and gold in my canoe, he would circle off with a cheery K'weee!

  34. It was this pair of birds that came daily to circle over my canoe, or over the rocks where I fished for chub, to see how I fared, and to send back a cheery Ch'wee!

  35. There were no signs of troops swinging down a road, singing blithely, with a cheery smile of confidence on their faces and demanding to be led back forthwith to battle with the Huns.

  36. He was not singing blithely: he had no cheery smile of confidence on his face: he was just talking--gently to himself.

  37. Tom sings and whistles cheery tunes as he works, and his iron-shod clogs make a merry clatter on the stone-paved court.

  38. She's busy the noo, an' she sent me up to keep ye cheery till her wark was dune.

  39. During these past three days I have missed Tom's cheery song, and I am beginning to wonder if the gloomy weather has chilled his lightsome heart and silenced the chords of his tuneful throat.

  40. Nadine Johnstone had been allowed to make her apartments as bright and cheery as her buoyant nature suggested.

  41. And then, from over their heads, a cheery hail replied, "All right, on deck!

  42. Sundays are the longest days," the woman went on, trying to make her hopelessly plump and cheery face look pathetic, "because I am so far away from church.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cheery" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    beaming; blithe; blithesome; breezy; bright; bubbly; cheerful; cheering; cheery; elated; encouraging; exalted; exhilarated; exhilarating; flushed; gala; genial; glad; gladsome; glowing; happy; heartening; high; hilarious; hopeful; inspiring; invigorating; irrepressible; jolly; joyful; joyous; laughing; lightsome; lively; merry; optimistic; perky; pleasant; radiant; rosy; sanguine; smiling; sparkling; sunny; winsome