How to Use ebullient in a Sentence
ebullient
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Just last year, the news from the Golden State was less ebullient.
— Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022 -
Swarmed with fans the ebullient Tonto took a minute to talk with me again.
— Andy Davis, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2018 -
The mood on the scene in the Suez Canal was ebullient, as workers cheered and vessels honked.
— Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021 -
That was just right for me, but a little too ebullient for some of the taste testers.
— Daniel Neman, charlotteobserver, 15 Aug. 2017 -
Not the least of these: The magpie must learn to fly again and the once-ebullient Sam must find a way to, well, soar once more.
— Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2021 -
Macron seemed pleased with the meeting but not ebullient.
— Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021 -
But the guy himself was ebullient, friends with all the neighbours.
— Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 18 June 2020 -
In a now-viral video, an ebullient Marie unboxed the frock and ran to put it on.
— Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2022 -
That's just the lad's skittish modesty, and even that rings ebullient, not false.
— Scott Raab, Esquire, 17 Nov. 2015 -
Biz Markie, a New York rapper known for his ebullient charisma, has died at the age of 57.
— Kathy Laskowski, sun-sentinel.com, 25 July 2021 -
Still, the mood, from Mastriano and the crowd alike, was more ebullient than angry.
— New York Times, 19 July 2022 -
Sanguillen, the ebullient catcher and a native of Panama, stood at home plate and scanned the field.
— Dave Bennett, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021 -
The meeting ended in an ebullient wave of joy and tired-teary relief.
— Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022 -
The point here is that the hard data aren’t as ebullient as expected, so the forecasts have been scaled back.
— Robert Barone, Forbes, 29 May 2021 -
Ross has strong chemistry with the ebullient Lindsay Arnold.
— Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 May 2017 -
Michael is the opposite of the ebullient, too eager-to-please Jackie.
— Howard Fishman, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022 -
An ebullient Smith strayed from the measured party line.
— Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2020 -
But for Saint Phalle, those ebullient figures were only a warm-up.
— Susan Delson, WSJ, 19 Feb. 2021 -
The voice that comes through is uncensored, ebullient and guileless.
— Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 27 July 2022 -
The text is free of the ebullient jingoism beloved of Mr Johnson and his cabinet.
— The Economist, 20 Mar. 2021 -
In person, Koy is an ebullient guy, a sincere hugger, even meeting you for the first time.
— Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 -
When Ulysses first puts on lip gloss in a room full of people who accept him, the smile that plays on his face is both ebullient and heart-rending.
— Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018 -
This ebullient song, written by the four members of U2, was the first song written by four or more songwriters to win.
— Paul Grein, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2020 -
But by the end, the crowd seemed to be won over, and the immediate social-media responses were, for the most part, ebullient.
— Joanna Robinson, HWD, 11 May 2018 -
Dave Cole commands his scenes as the ebullient Pete, who’s not too cool for school – or to admit he’s warming up to the Biddles.
— Amy Wang | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 28 Jan. 2018 -
At the end, this ebullient show circles back to the artist’s self-portraits, which often catch him in the act of drawing, looking hard, sharply, at what is in front of him.
— Roberta Smith, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020 -
Last year, the march fell just days after Trump's inauguration, and the tone was ebullient.
— The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 19 Jan. 2018 -
Few players are more popular in the locker room than the ebullient, hard-working Breaux.
— John Roach, NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2017 -
Here are five sobering facts to keep in mind, the next time green arrows and ebullient stock brokers fill your television screen.
— Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Aug. 2017 -
Portly and owlish in oversize glasses, Jiang was an ebullient figure who played the piano and enjoyed singing, in contrast to his more reserved successors, Hu and Xi.
— Joe McDonald, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
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