Sentences with phrase «joviality of»

There are times when the spirit of that bitter old cynic attempting to block out the overzealous conviviality and joviality of the season strikes a chord.

Knox's translation has the advantage of exonerating the bridal families of thorough ineptitude in preparing a feast, and perhaps of shifting the blame (if blame has to allotted) to the unexpected number or the excessive joviality of the guests.

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Despite the nature of the occasion, there was something of a nervous joviality as we greeted one another in the processional lineup.

What matters most is that his smiling silence and his joviality in the company of ruthless oppressors is immensely dismaying.

«According to his own words, this was his best work period which he put himself into fully with his characteristic joviality and intelligence,» said Claudio Cilveti, Managing Director of Wines of Chile.

He certainly seems to have made some impression in his short time here with the appointment of his backroom team being particularly well received, and the stepping up of the training sessions being very evident on videos released, to replace the usual jokey crossbar challenge and other joviality that came before.

Or might there be a glimmer of sarcasm beneath the joviality?

The source of de Blasio's joviality might have been the enthusiasm of the crowd, with the most recent New York Times / Siena College poll that showed him with a 45 - point lead over his republican opponent and former Metro Transit Authority Chairman, Joe Lhota.

Sense of humor, tact, joviality, and empathy are all aspects of emotional intelligence that are rarely discussed, never taught, and patently undervalued!

As played graciously by Miles Teller, Sutter is the very model of self - composed joviality.

Unfortunately, it isn't long before all of the joviality is replaced by tragedy, with Chalky's operation being abruptly machine - gunned into oblivion by a bunch of KKK members.

, the studio has lurched in to an era of joviality and possibly even a softening of ambition.

your commitment, joviality, deep investigation and thinking, synthezise for those of us also working on issues regarding the earth's health.

And perhaps the perspective of an honest skeptic and admitted warmist can add to the joviality.

It transpired that the chairman was afflicted with a nervous condition which induced the appearance of great joviality when in fact he was boiling with rage.

He says Santa's «rotund sedentary image» has had the effect of making «obesity synonymous with cheerfulness and joviality» around the world.