good humor

noun

: cheerful feelings or attitude
She took it all with good humor.

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While Scarry’s books present such catastrophes with bright colors and good humor, Gomez undermines this cheer by superimposing on the mural a nearly all-black painting of a desolate tent encampment in front of a home destroyed by the Eaton fire. Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026 Around here, Ratboys are known among local bands and stagehands for their Midwestern kindness and good humor, with calloused hands from doing the work. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026 The community is united in outrage, action, and, remarkably, even good humor. Scott Meslow, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2026 Despite the toll Bug exacts, however, Coon is in exceptionally good humor—if with the blinking optimism of a new year in an unstable reality. Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for good humor

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“Good humor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20humor. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.

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