After a few cheerful words, Richard left us together.

He moved from person to person in the group, saying a cheerful word here, shaking hands with someone there.

Despite the cheerful words, Dax saw the faint flicker of guilt that crossed the young man's face.

Thus on that day it was customary to exchange cheerful words of good wishes.

With those cheerful words, he returned to his horse, and in another moment their horse started forward.

On the surface, in fact far deeper than the surface, he found a woman who meant every cheerful, irreverent word she said.

The only cheerful word used to describe the Soviet economy these days is "resilient."

His cheerful words still hung and reverberated upon the cold, wintry air.

And with those cheerful words you leave me.