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Example sentences for "mirthful"

Lexicographically close words:
mirroring; mirrors; mirrour; mirth; mirthe; mirthfulness; mirthless; mirthlessly; mirum; miry
  1. Don John, the bastard, is reserved for punishment, but it shall be upon the morrow, and the punishment shall be such as the mirthful Benedick may devise.

  2. And incessantly mirthful escapades of escape from the crowd!

  3. Perhaps Ned would," he added, with a soft chuckle; and the idea was so mirthful that he shook a little, but only to grow serious directly.

  4. You don't mean to say--" began Chris, who felt far from mirthful now.

  5. Ah me, one summer in the cool of day, I saw the Nereids on the sandy bay, With lovely Thetis from the wave, advance In mirthful frolic, and the naked dance.

  6. We came to the salute, and simultaneously there came a burst of mirthful music from the window.

  7. To most of the children this was the first sight of the Engländer, and they had obviously expected much more of monstrosity and oddity than was forthcoming, and were disposed to be mirthful on very easy provocation.

  8. Now, by those stars that glance Over heaven's still expanse Weave we our mirthful dance, Daughters of Zea!

  9. Joe, on the contrary, was engaged in boisterous and mirthful exercise on the deep and frozen snow without.

  10. It was many a day since the old walls had included so large and mirthful a party, had listened to such joyous babble, had echoed to like peals of innocent laughter.

  11. This complication happily did not arise, the tide of mirthful talk flowing into other congenial channels.

  12. As he gathered up his reins and quietly took the resolute animal a short distance back from the fence, unbroken silence succeeded to the flow of mirthful talk.

  13. The figure representing death has almost always a grimly mirthful countenance, and appears to be dancing with good will.

  14. Ugliness was an essential characteristic of the demons, and, moreover, their features have usually a mirthful cast, as though they greatly enjoyed their occupation.

  15. The two demons employed here present, well defined, the air of mirthful jollity which was evidently derived from the popular hobgoblins.

  16. The subject is here exhibited by another rather mirthful looking individual, but whether the exhibitor is intended to be a goblin or demon, or whether he is merely furnished with the wings and claws of a bat, seems rather uncertain.

  17. The design is spiritedly executed, and its satirical intention is shown by the monstrous and mirthful face, with the tongue lolling out, figured on the outer corner of the tile.

  18. In the old mirthful spirit, to hear two persons load each other with vulgar abuse, was as good as seeing them grin through a horse-collar, if not better.

  19. No rising up to noble feats; No mirthful sport as we would wish, No swimming heroes on our lakes.

  20. No rising up to noble feats, No mirthful sport as we would wish, No swimming heroes in our lakes.

  21. But soon they are gone, and I flow unchangeably: so often is the mirthful and ludicrous linked with sorrow and melancholy, as if contrived by the spirit of contradiction.

  22. And Annie--pretty creature--who could not pass a day without some mirthful episode, how ridiculous for a child like her to think of selecting a lover!

  23. Sunday morning came and our young friends met at the breakfast table, not in their usual jesting, mirthful mood, but with cheerful gravity of demeanor, suited to the sacredness of the day.

  24. She welcomed her cousin with a smile, but not a very bright or mirthful one, and traces of tears about her eyes were very evident.

  25. Molly looked up with a forced smile: she was not in mirthful mood.

  26. She laughed, and gave a mirthful upward glance at the Marchese's somewhat sullen countenance.

  27. Gaspard's mobile French face lit up with a mirthful smile.

  28. Bella's tragic expression vanished, and she laughed outright in sheer genuineness of mirthful recollection.

  29. I nodded, with eyes and face mirthful of appreciation, and Prince Akuli, with another apprehensive glance at the old wahine and her half-made hala lei, returned to his tale of the bones of his ancestors.

  30. And as casually as though she were going to pour afternoon tea the girl slipped back into her own chair, and gave me a genuinely mirthful side-glance before she resumed her attack on Sagner.

  31. I don't believe I can piece them together," with a bright, mirthful expression.

  32. Doctor Joe shook his head, with a sort of mirthful regret which couldn't help but soothe the disappointment a little.

  33. Sprung is the perfect day, By prophets seen afar: Sprung is the mirthful May, Which winter cannot mar.

  34. It is hardly mirthful to make an eagle out of gun-flints and swords, or portray a group in heaven of Russians looking down on Jews, Germans, and negroes.

  35. The stream yonder is not limpid and mirthful like other streams.

  36. Stuart's headquarters were full of the most mirthful sounds and sights.

  37. How brilliant and mirthful the light of her eye, Like a star glancing out from the blue of the sky!


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mirthful" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    blithe; boon; buxom; comic; effervescent; festive; frivolous; gay; glad; gleeful; hilarious; jocular; jolly; jovial; joyful; joyous; lighthearted; lively; merry; mirthful; playful; rejoicing; ridiculous; risible; sunny