jaunty

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• They belie the jaunty persona she presented to most of her correspondents and illuminate the lengths she went to conceal her unhappiness.

• Emily Hoxworth Hager assembles frog, bat and bird bones into a jaunty little creature outfitted with hat and staff.

• That song would soon morph from the jaunty clip of the light rail to the siren sounds of jazz.

• "It's been weeks since I left my mark," he said in his jaunty British accent.

• Baldwin introduced the show wearing a jaunty blue blazer, but conducted the taped interview wearing a sober gray suit.

• She perfectly captures the jaunty, businesslike hooker enjoying the absurd side of her job.

• "Leebie Granger is young," he went on insultingly, in a collected even voice which he strove to make jaunty in tone.

• And when it is contented it seems to be smiling from the corners of its mouth to the jaunty little curl in its tail.

• He came at a brisk pace, carrying his fifty-two years with a jaunty vigor that was the envy of many a younger man.

• One day a man, wearing a jaunty silk hat, came into my office.

• He stooped to kiss her, and then went off, whistling a jaunty air meant to indicate extreme cheerfulness.