good humor
a cheerful or amiable mood.
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How to use good humor in a sentence
It certainly isn’t the love and good humor he wants to be credited with.
Indeed, Cook considered it his utmost duty, he wrote, “to raise the patient’s hopes and instill a spirit of good humor.”
We did occasionally venture away from our oasis — for a round at the Wailea Golf Club’s breathtaking Emerald course and a family lesson at the Wailea Tennis Club, where tennis director Patrik Ekstrand fine-tuned our serves with grace and good humor.
His true greatness began after he traded his Army uniform for that of a good humor man.
How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won | Michael Daly | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA number of tributes and parodies are surely in the works for the event, but few have the goofy good humor of this one.
Shark-Eating Monsters, the Kid Emmys, and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was grounded for a few days, but fortunately for us, and for politics, his irrepressible good humor could not be squelched.
Jim Brady, Reagan’s Gentle ‘Bear’ Who Roared Back to Life After Being Shot | Eleanor Clift | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was in a tiny package wrapped in electrical tape and labeled “good humor.”
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNeither should we expect their wives to bear this sort of offense with gentle good humor.
When Tim hesitates he loses his temper as a sensible man should lose it—he buries it, and his indomitable good humor wins.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydI know this small organ well—an old friend on dreary mornings, putting the laziest riser in a good humor for the day.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithIt comprehends hearty good will towards everybody, thorough and constant good-humor, an easy deportment, and obliging manners.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyThe whole had a combination of companionable good humor, and instant aggression when necessary.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonHer face was smudged with coal-dust and was beaming with good-humor—earthly dirt, supernatural glory.
Black Diamonds | Mr Jkai
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