gayety
Americannoun
plural
gayetiesExample Sentences
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Actor Lunt, brought face to face with his pre-War inamorata, exerts all his gayety, willfulness, passion in an attempt to gain just one more night with her.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gay flowers beckoned to be plucked for coat lapels; breezes would blow at hair loosed in vernal gayety.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reverent gayety at Augsburg, Bavarian city on the River Lech, last week celebrated the 400th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked tired and had abandoned his familiar pose of gayety.
From Time Magazine Archive
Imagining that I, too, was hurrying toward gayety and sharing their intimate excitement, I wished them well.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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