jollity

There is a certain jollity to this kind of abuse.

There was a feeling of high spirits and jollity in the air.

It added to the game, the excitement and the jollity.

They banged into the small car, all jollity and good feeling.

As a result, it became possible to suspect that the jollity was forced.

The trouble with jollity is that it can never be enforced.

But they had not much wit to pass around and soon ran short of jollity.

But his sad little face had no shepherd's jollity about it.

The onset of winter brings out the jollity in me.

I will not say, in any case, that it prompted feelings of jollity.

He was a little sad, but forced some jollity into his thin voice.

What these judgments miss is that jollity can be a form of strength.

I could not help noticing that there was a sort of jollity about these beings.

We've all been out of sorts since the lad left, and a little jollity will do us good.

A few short weeks ago, fans of Republican presidential jollity feared the game was up.

He winced at the somewhat forced jollity in his voice.

But today the jollity came to an abrupt end.

Much laughter, jollity, and anticipation of a successful 12 months ahead with a government on the run.

Jollity would have to be put off till later!

Oh, along at first I missed being a night owl - the tunes, the jollity.

But in the midst of the jollity there is an ominous mood.

I hate enforced jollity at the best of times.

Esther smiled at the man's jollity in the face of the second officer's gloom.

All this jollity and family intimacy was making Archery nervous.

"This is not a time for jollity," she said.