cheer (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheer (up)
Verb
  • Then give someone a sincere compliment to brighten his or her day.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
  • The trees featured here flower at different times throughout the year and tolerate a range of growing conditions, offering beautiful options to brighten any landscape.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • The five prizes were crafted based on research, evidence and consultation with teachers and education experts, and are designed to reflect key strategies that can encourage other schools to implement different strategies to strengthen their schools and communities.
    Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2025
  • Outrage from the Sikh community, as well as a social media push calling for hate crime charges, encouraged prosecutors to take another look at the case, officials said.
    Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Palm Tree Crew, which was valued in 2024 at $150 million, activates each of its partner brands into the fabric of its experiences, which cofounders Kygo and Myles Shear, inspired by Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville empire, started about five years ago.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The end is a three-and-a-half-minute outro inspired by The King and I… the music had this waltzing, temptress thing.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Things have finally started to look up for the Chicago White Sox in Year Two of the Chris Getz rebuild, at least according to Getz.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • Of course, none of this would be possible without the internet and, more particularly, mobile communications providing the ability to look up information, purchase goods and services and comment on the experience all while on the go.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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“Cheer (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheer%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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