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happy and energetic- Her family was jumping for joy, but she was less ebullient.
ebullient = filled with energy and joy
- The puppy alternates between ebullience and sleep.
- Miss Riley taught our class without her usual ebullience, the corners of her mouth turned down.Homer Hickam -- October Sky
- I was Mary's little sister—excited, ebullient, alive.Alice Sebold -- Lucky
- "She was so charming, I simply must do something for her," cried Marie in ebullient French.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- Some of his e-mails were ebullient:Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- By turns he could be affectionate or morose, reserved or ebullient.Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End
- ...the ebullient Bangladeshi professor who much later won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microfinance.Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
- He was extremely nervous and extremely jealous of other tenors and he covered his nervous jealousy with an ebullient friendliness.James Joyce -- Dubliners
- Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children,William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
- One day the manager of Webster Clothes, a menswear store across the road, had come into the drugstore and, admiring Kathy's ebullient personality, asked her if she'd be willing to quit KB or, if not, take a second job at Webster.Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
- The College of Cardinals bristled with ebullience and electricity as they streamed back into the Sistine Chapel.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- It was like a stroll through her ebullient erotic mind.Alfred Bester -- The Demolished Man
- Glenn Gould at the piano, wild-haired, ebullient, head thrown back, emissary from the realm of angels, rapt and consumed by the sublime!Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
- From the crafty ebullience of a rakshasa with a new idea into a gossipy Malayali with a scandal to spread.Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
- Ebullient and direct, she'd grown up in northern California, where her father had introduced her to camping, hiking, and skiing as a young girl.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- His feet he pulled proudly up in a high-kicking march of victory - an ebullient, primitive goose-step.James Vance Marshall -- Walkabout
- He received Martin with no vast ebullience, and his stare said, "Well, what do you want?Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
- Behrens was so pleased and flattered that he was almost ebullient.Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
- His mood had turned from ebullient to despairing; she had pushed him past a breaking point.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
ebullience = joyous energy
ebullience = being happy and energetic
ebullient = happy and energetic
ebullient = happy and energetic
ebullient = happy and energetic
ebullient = happy and energetic
ebullient = happy and energetic
ebullient = happy and energetic
ebullience = joyous enthusiasm
ebullient = happy and energetic
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