Example Sentences

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William, who Rona chirpily informs us has “a rare mucous membrane disorder,” is happy to get “lugubrious”: “Meaning extremely sad and droopy? A topic I am all too familiar with.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

They light out for Mexico, Allie chirpily framing this forced family trip as “education” and “adventure,” with a promise of s’mores at the end.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2021

Otherwise, people spoke far too chirpily for a Winged Foot U.S.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2020

Legs crossed, arms self-protectively pressed to their chests, they were rapt as Ms. Martin, chirpily reassuring, sought to address that eternal, and eternally vexing, question: Just what is it women want?

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2018

My own accent is always a little too chirpily American.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed