Yet she seemed convincingly enthusiastic, and as always her voice sounded cheery.

He tried to sound cheery, but couldn't quite pull it off.

She still sounded cheery, as if she were having a terrific time.

He tried to sound cheery, to ease her loneliness.

Lance, sounding quite cheery, announced he was out on his bike.

"Well, there you go," Rancis said, trying to sound cheery.

But he forced a smile, tried to sound cheery as he said "Sure!"

"You're still awake, I see," the adept said, sounding not very cheery.

"We shall all be sorry later on," Olive said, sounding remarkably cheery about it.

He banged on something solid, and even the metallic ring it made sounded somehow cheery.