How to Use ebullient in a Sentence

ebullient

adjective
  • 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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