blithe

• I suppose in the US, moderation is a banal, blithe, and indirect reference to an elective war of aggression that has killed and injured nearly 5,500 people in a statement which equates those 5,500 casualties to three casualties suffered by the aggressor. —  The Nation: Top Stories
• So he'd a bad name for drivin' a craft beyond her strength; an' 'twas none but stout hearts--blithe young devils, the most, with a wish t' try their spirit--would ship on the Word o' the Lord_. —  Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.
• In L' Allegro the morning song of the milk-maid is "blithe," and the music of the village dance is "jocund." —  Milton
• The company was gay and blithe, and the Eastern girl felt as if she were passing through a wonderful experience They loitered a little on the way to show Margaret the wonders of a fern-plumed cańon, and it was almost school-time when they came up the street, so that Margaret rode straight to the school-house instead of stopping at Tanners'. —  A Voice in the Wilderness
• Will both appear in this evening's papers?--the one so blithe, the other so tragic I lost Susy thirteen years ago; I lost her mother--her incomparable mother!--five and a half years ago; Clara has gone away to live in Europe; and now I have lost Jean. —  What Is Man? and Other Essays

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