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Example sentences for "gayer"

Lexicographically close words:
gawky; gawn; gay; gayan; gaye; gayest; gayeties; gayety; gayly; gayn
  1. She was feeling younger and gayer than she had felt for years.

  2. She put a new and gayer ribbon on the neck of the furry "Mr. Grim.

  3. When she went down-stairs she found Mistress Mehitable waiting in the hall, in a gayer gown than she had ever before seen her wear.

  4. The king was indisposed or lazy, so his Majesty did not appear, and I think the party was the gayer thereby.

  5. Certain it is, they had high words, and Madame du Chatelet in a huff left the castle some days before Monsieur Voltaire; and it was noted that he seemed much gayer and more gallant after the lady's departure than before.

  6. To them it seemed that they had never seen a gayer place.

  7. Matters were not made any gayer because Angéle, who was waiting on table, had rings round her eyes, which told of sleepless nights.

  8. They insisted that Cocklescraft's associations in the port gave him no claim to such a favour, and that, at all events, it was Blanche's prerogative to be consulted in regard to the admission of the younger and gayer portions of her company.

  9. Her entertainments at the mansion were frequent, and no less acceptable to the gayer portion of the inhabitants than they were to her brother.

  10. The very houses inhabited by happy families are gayer than the dwellings of the unhappy.

  11. The world would be gayer if one could often meet homes like that.

  12. When he was out of school, everyday life attracted him very little; he cared neither for its gayer side nor its sterner activities.

  13. I mean therefore to put on a gayer fly than any we have used hitherto.

  14. As a matter of curiosity I examined the mouths of several fish, and invariably found that if they presented the appearance described by Norris and Scott, the parasites were present; but if they had assumed a gayer livery none were to be found.

  15. We left the gayer streets and soon were walking through the maze of narrow avenues and lanes long since destroyed to make way for the wide boulevards of the Second Empire.

  16. Give us some younger wine and a gayer jest.

  17. This sober phase of Katy did not on the whole please Wilford as much as her gayer ones had done.

  18. Like and yet unlike the Tibetans I had seen in Tachienlu, they were slighter of build and gayer and more open of expression; they attracted me as the others had repelled me.

  19. In bearing they were much gayer and more unconstrained than the Chinese.

  20. Mr and Mrs Thomas Stevenson held no stern views of everyday life, no gayer or brighter household could be found than theirs.

  21. In spite of these efforts, they all knew that they had suffered a hopeless loss of repute; yet after the loss was confessed, I am not sure that they were not the gayer and happier through this "freedom of a broken law.

  22. But more sadly still I hail the host himself, and desire to know of him if literature was not somehow a gayer science in those days, and if his peculiar kind of drolling had not rather more heart in it then.

  23. Yes, she had had a charming ride, she told them, and they felt it must be so, since they had never seen her in a gayer mood.

  24. She was gayer than ever, telling the funniest stories and singing the merriest songs, and making her little friends half forget that the good times were not going to last.

  25. In vain Sir John Gayer wrote to the Governor, and sent an agent to the Emperor to disclaim responsibility.

  26. To forestall the Dutch with the Emperor, Gayer sent an agent offering to convoy the Red Sea fleet for the future, in return for a yearly payment of four lakhs a year.

  27. The untrustworthiness of his crews placed Sir John Gayer in an awkward dilemma.

  28. To propitiate the Governor, Sir John Gayer made over to him the six French pirates taken at Mohilla, not without qualms at handing over Christians to Mahommedan mercies.

  29. The quarrels, intrigues, and self-seeking that had been so disastrous a feature during the tenure of office of Child, Waite, and Gayer were abhorrent to him.

  30. The same ships that brought Every's letter to Sir John Gayer brought intelligence of a well-known French pirate having got aground at Mohilla.

  31. This at once attracted the attention of the Sceptre frigate that Sir John Gayer had sent as a convoy, and Kidd took to his heels.

  32. When she was drooping and desponding, it was in vain to remind her of what she had said in her gayer moments, and to assure her that Eugene would indeed return shortly.

  33. The French are a gayer people than the English.

  34. Our acquaintance thus formed, rapidly ripened into friendship, and it was with pleasure I hurried from my gayer and more volatile companions to the poor and humble abode, where my old and feeble friend awaited me with impatience.

  35. There was no gayer supper party in the Savoy that night, and the champagne paid for with the proceeds of "Baby's Boredom" proved none the less vivifying for the insipidity of its source.

  36. No one will ever know, and I can make your life gayer and happier just as long as ever you like.

  37. To the others she was only gayer than usual, more sparkling, better-looking.

  38. She is dressed in the latest Paris fashion, which is however modified just a little in accordance with the irresistible liking of all inhabitants of the South for gayer colours.

  39. But there are gayer pictures in the streets of Pera.

  40. He lived in gayer society than Betterton, and cared more for the associates he found there.

  41. Schmidt had long since gone, and Rene sat alone in the library at night and missed the large mind and a temperament gayer than his own.

  42. She would have her son go among gayer people, and being free for a time he went as bidden, and was made much of at the town houses of the gay set.

  43. It was also black Nanny's opinion that the girl should see the gayer world, and she expressed herself on this matter to her mistress with the freedom of an old servant.

  44. As the morning wore on, the tents assumed a gayer and more brilliant appearance, and long lines of carriages came rolling softly on the turf.

  45. The morning was fine and warm, the ground cool to the feet after the late rain, the hedges gayer and more green, the air clear, and everything fresh and healthful.

  46. Her eyes also wandered to the gayer scenes, but with an expression of censoriousness mingled with longings; nor did she neglect the progress of the game as frequently as her more heedless partner.

  47. Near the house she met Vladya barefoot--and she felt even gayer and more cheerful.

  48. Mourin met Peredonov with exaggeratedly cordial exclamations, his expression became even gayer and his little eyes looked fat--all this did not go with his stout figure and untidy hair in which even some whisps of straw could be seen.

  49. He appeared before those inquisitive officials somewhat gayer in attire than was needful.

  50. Charlotte emerged from her widowhood gayer than before.

  51. The very footfalls of the girl on the shallow marble steps were eager and expectant, and her face was gayer than those of the nymphs in the frescoes on the wall.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gayer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.