Example Sentences

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The bill passed; but it was a different matter to enforce it, as many an excise officer reflected, uncheerfully, whilst riding a rail.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

At least they hung on to their insecure refuge with much ardor, and not uncheerfully waited to be cast upon the strand.

From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

Primrose was immensely cheered by these little orders, and, in consequence, Christmas Day—the girls' first Christmas Day without a home and a mother—passed not uncheerfully.

From The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls by Meade, L. T.

The corresponding months. in '52-3 have gone over my head quietly and not uncheerfully.

From Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Once or twice Elsa glanced at me, timidly but by no means uncheerfully.

From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony