How to Use cheery in a Sentence

cheery

adjective
  • The Sun: What a bright and cheery way to start a new year, Virgo!
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2023
  • This is not Google where you’re meant to feel bright, cheery and part of a team.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Despite the hour, the 42-year-old actress was bright and cheery.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 14 May 2022
  • Your sis can throw it on her home or work desk to bring on all the cheery vibes. 21.
    Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This bright and cheery city is the place to be for anyone who loves boating.
    Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 21 Feb. 2023
  • One cheery 7-year-old girl asked Santa not for a toy but for a sweater.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • In another, a cheery Barnes holds aloft a glass of green juice.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Where is it written that a powder room has to be bright and cheery?
    Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Build your own cheery retreat just a few steps away from home.
    Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The dusty earth was already making the cheery bright colours look dull and faded.
    Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
  • That house is now up for sale and seems sunny and cheery in all the ways Antichrist is not.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Oct. 2023
  • It’s finished off with a cheery welcome sign in the middle.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The box design, with its cheery brown bear chefs, is worth framing.
    Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
  • That cheery setting gave them plenty of leeway to go dark with the plot.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The atmosphere is bright, cheery, modern, and a great set up to do some work.
    Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • Nothing adds cheery warmth like a big dose of bright yellow.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
  • But then Lorentz gets on the ice for practice and finds ways to keep things fresh with his teammates and keep the mood cheery and bright.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The blue app with the cheery white bird became a foreboding black square with a white letter X.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Here's how and when to plant daffodil bulbs to enjoy their cheery colors for many springs to come.
    Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The screen sends the same reminder—cheery, vaguely judgy—several times a day.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The options are both cheery and endless — see for yourself.
    Melony Forcier, Allure, 5 Dec. 2022
  • In the game, for instance, when Mario went underground, the score got dark and bass-heavy, a contrast with the bright, cheery above-ground world.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Zaful cropped turtleneck sweater A cheery knit is a surefire way to beat the winter blues.
    Porter Simmons, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Still feel strange to have put away the cheery, colorful and perhaps even glitzy baubles and pillows, and tchotchkes?
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • By the episode’s end, her cheery presence has helped convince him to stick around, and their will-they-or-won’t-they plot begins.
    Time, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Here, cheery music plays and an array of artwork lines the walls on both levels.
    Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Bar seats are filled most nights of the week, with guests enjoying craft cocktails and whole meals served by cheery bar staff.
    Megha McSwain, Chron, 10 June 2022
  • The cheery pale blue of the screen door gets a repeat appearance on the window frames and as a step riser accent.
    Sydney Price, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
  • If there isn’t room for decorations, don’t be afraid to get cheery on your front door.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Light up the whole neighborhood with this bright and cheery pumpkin marquee.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022

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