Example Sentences

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And Julio is chanting to his bride, A merry song of his wild heart, that died On the soft breeze through pinks beside the sea, All rustling in their beauty gladsomely.

From The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras by Lang, Andrew

The King's lazy blood was stirred and his eye kindled finely, for the spirit of war was away down in him somewhere, and a frank, bold speech always found it and made it tingle gladsomely.

From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 by Twain, Mark

It was a most merry summer day; all nature moving gladsomely to the full music of life.

From Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories by Farman, Sophie May

Day and night, summer and winter, it had rolled gladsomely onwards, bringing verdure to the field, fruitage to the bough, and plenty to the peasant's cot.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken

"Similar thoughts has smote my colossal intellect, Butch!" responded the bean-pole Hicks, gladsomely.

From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by Elderdice, J. Raymond