So for five short minutes Olga was admitted and left alone with him.More than once during those minutes his cheery laugh made itself heard again.…Cited from The Keeper of the Door, by Ethel M. Dell
We managed to get all the stretcher cases to bed, and as many of the others as we had beds for, without sending for the other two Sisters, who came on at 8.15, and are now coping.Most of them were very cheery, because things seem to be going well.Two lines of trenches taken, all the wire cut, and some of the earthworks down; but it is always an expensive business even when successful -- only then nobody minds the expense.…Cited from Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915, by Anonymous
The rhubarb wine proved at least a welcome distraction, and under its genial influence Mrs. Briggs's spirits rose.She was quite cheery by the time her two visitors took their leave.They left her waving farewell from her doorstep, the patches of paste still upon her ruddy countenance, but with no other traces of her recent distress visible.…Cited from The Keeper of the Door, by Ethel M. Dell
Anyway the place is conveniently situated, and quite bearable if you can put up with the waiter or the somewhat overdecorated and ever-changing waitress telling you, in front of your guest, that you "can only 'ave cakes and bread-un-butter forrer shilling, every-think-else-is extra."Cheery, when you may have been doing your best to make an impression!Of course every member (if she ever gets as far as this) of every ladies' club will here draw her pharisaical skirts about her and edge nearer to her neighbour.…Cited from Leonie of the Jungle, by Joan Conquest
And his head fell to one side, his lips set in his cheery smile.Had ever any martyr shown a finer spirit dying for any cause?…Cited from The Last Shot, by Frederick Palmer
When they had reached the top they flung down their enormous knapsacks and sat down.They were a cheery, pretty set, and we asked them where they were going.…Cited from The Luck of Thirteen, by Jan Gordon and Cora J. Gordon
Chaplin was going through some troubling times and she found him gloomy and needy.She enjoyed him more once his personal life was back in order and he was much more cheery.…
Her face and ways are just as bright and cheery as can be.Cited from Letters of a Woman Homesteader, by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
He left before five p.m. Another man was called in.He was quite cheery, and came in and out and did what he pleased.…Cited from Across China on Foot, by Edwin Dingle
She felt the sublimity of a great moment, an inexorable sadness.She knew that she should never forget that cheery smile or that white face.…Cited from The Last Shot, by Frederick Palmer
The big rooms below, like her own room, looked very different in the morning light, even cheery.Cited from Red-Robin, by Jane Abbott
But she made no remark, and showed no surprise, but met his merriness half way.No one could be a cheerier companion than herself when she chose.…Cited from Ships That Pass In The Night, by Beatrice Harraden
Milne fall, but months later we heard that he had died of wounds in a Turkish hospital.He was a great loss, as his bright and cheery nature helped all ranks.…Cited from The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry, by F.L. Morrison
Food or drink never pleased me so well as when it came through her hands.I do not remember the occasion when her entrance into a room had not made that room cheerier.Our natures own predilections and antipathies alike strange.…Cited from Villette, by Charlotte Bronte
"I am glad to know that you will be in her cheery company."Mrs. Wentworth was, indeed, a charming old lady, and so far as I knew, Isobel's only relation in London, if not in England.…Cited from The Green Eyes of Bast, by Sax Rohmer
All faces are bright and cheery and many appear not seen before.I felt well enough to discuss the woman question with several of the passengers.…Cited from Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2), by Ida Husted Harper
Toby had been feeling reasonably cheerful before this, but these words dispelled all his cheerful thoughts, and he was looking more disconsolate when Old Ben came into the dressing tent."All ready are you, my boy?" said the old man, in his cheeriest voice.…Cited from Toby Tyler, by James Otis
He collected a few extra blankets and coats and spread them over him, for he was growing terribly cold.Then with cheery words on his lips he left him.Left alone in the silence of the night, the Subaltern felt the horror of the situation take hold of him.…Cited from "Contemptible", by "Casualty"
They know how carefully even the smallest Corps book or collecting-card is examined, and with what precise and skilful method every account is kept.Like almost all our Local Officers, they are particularly cheery, friendly men and women.…Cited from Authoritative Life of General William Booth, by George Scott Railton
But that the boy was a great comfort and delight to him he could not but confess to himself.He was surprised to find how, in those few short weeks, his cheery presence had won upon his heart.He watched him from the window as he walked on the sand below, searching for sea treasures, and could not endure the thought of having the boyish figure gone forever out of his sight.…Cited from Culm Rock, by Glance Gaylord
