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Recent Examples of cheerful Anna Faris portrays the cheerful, happy, sometimes ditzy, sometimes perceptive series lead, Cindy. Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025 Both love moist, rich soil, and dill's cheerful yellow flowers will attract ladybugs and green lacewings, which feed on the pests that attack spinach. Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025 Companies such as OpenAI fine-tune the models behind modern chatbots not just to imitate existing writing, but to use the particularly bland and cheerful style that any chatbot user recognizes. Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025 Christmas in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will feature twinkling lights, magical garlands and cheerful wreaths, plus traditional holiday a cappella performances from The Frog Choir. Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cheerful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheerful
Adjective
  • The bright bubblegum-pink design has green sketches of the movie’s most iconic characters, including Glinda, Elphaba, Madame Morrible, and the Cowardly Lion, while gold accents add extra shine to the dishwasher-safe cup.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Now, children laugh and study in the open-air structure, boasting candy-bright paint.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite its cheery facade, there is something unmistakably sour at its core.
    Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
  • The conventionally cheery tone is almost a hostile presence, drowning out and censoring Lee’s real thoughts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jim interviewed Niccol last week and came away optimistic about the company's trajectory in 2026.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Ted is optimistic that this budding romance is the beginning of his Christmas comeback, but his looming holiday bad luck still has a few curveballs in store for him.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Partly sunny, with a high near 59.
    Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The weather is expected to be mostly sunny, becoming partly cloudy, with a high near 56 and a low around 40.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jim is comfortable heading into the quarter after the industrial gas giant's recent upbeat fireside chats with analysts.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Despite flying blind, markets remain upbeat as stocks near record highs.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As Thomas’ parents, Katina Smith and Bobby Thomas, unveiled their son’s smiling statue in the Broncos’ Ring of Fame Plaza last Sunday, as scores of his former teammates looked on in sadness and joy, Miller was 800 miles away in Dallas, gearing up for a game against the Cowboys.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Median net worth may be up in the long-term, as evidenced by buoyant consumer spending (and even some splurging), but shoppers are currently taking on more debt, and parking their real money in their homes and 401 (k) accounts while reserving cash flow for necessities like food and utilities.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But the varied syncopation and intense emotional registers of Orthodox worship music informed his approach to an album that balances weighty introspection with buoyant production and evocative imagery.
    Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Cheerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheerful. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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