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
  • In the winter, the fireplace would cast a cheery glow on the corner.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • 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
  • The cheery hue reflects the scent of yuzu, mandarin and neroli blossom.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The cheery hosts posted outside the Point made the decision for me.
    Washington Post, 14 May 2021
  • Here, shop Fendi’s new basket bag just in time for the cheery, warm months ahead.
    Rachel Besser, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Nothing adds cheery warmth like a big dose of bright yellow.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The sound of Washington might be the cheery chime of a closing Metro door or the strident chant of a protest march.
    Washington Post, 20 July 2021
  • Beatriz gushed out a thanks and flashed a cheery smile, an act mirrored by Fumero.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • 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 estate has white fencing around it, and the home and barn are painted a cheery yellow.
    Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2020
  • 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 cheery videos are, perhaps unavoidably, full of it.
    Laurence Scott, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
  • The options are both cheery and endless — see for yourself.
    Melony Forcier, Allure, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Aileen and Anne greeted me in the grand lobby of Union Station, one cheery and chattering, the other buttoned down and stern.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 Sep. 2024

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