How to Use jaunty in a Sentence

jaunty

adjective
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  • Hang a bison on the wall and toss a jaunty hat on its horn.
    — Allison Duncan, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
  • There was a jaunty red scarf around her neck, pinned with a large jeweled brooch.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 5 May 2020
  • Rest assured, almost none of the songs on the soundtrack have a jaunty vibe.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 18 May 2018
  • The authors tried for a jaunty tone but had no sure answer.
    — Barton Gellman, Wired, 24 May 2020
  • In less than an hour, Mr. Paul sketched the bunny head in profile, with a jaunty bow tie.
    — Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
  • Rank and file deputies then rose to vote on the floor of the hall as jaunty instrumental music played.
    — Christopher Bodeen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Rank-and-file deputies then rose to vote on the floor of the hall as jaunty instrumental music played.
    — Christopher Bodeen, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • And of course the jaunty cap, which royal watchers say is a tribute to Princess Diana.
    — Courtney Shea, The Cut, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Any mix of soft herbs can replace some of the parsley; at my house that means a big handful of basil from my jaunty new plant.
    — Christina Chaey, Bon Appétit, 5 July 2019
  • Another jaunty ’70s disco pop song, this time about young love on the Nile.
    — Hugh Garvey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Toro Rosso wore silly wigs, Renault had jaunty sailor’s caps, a third group went with a pirate theme.
    — Jimmy Golen, The Seattle Times, 21 June 2017
  • That band, which includes a violinist and a reeds player, keeps the pace light and jaunty.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • In the August heat, Carter wore a white seersucker jacket and tie with a jaunty pocket square.
    — Jon Garelick, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (and features a very jaunty Santa hat atop their royal cypher, or joint monogram).
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 25 Dec. 2019
  • This looks far less jaunty than The Lobster, which itself wasn't exactly a fun watch.
    — Tom Philip, GQ, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Dressed as a bandit in black costume and a jaunty hat, with a cigar in one hand, the rosy-cheeked boy—his hair just slightly askew—has a little smirk on his face.
    — Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • It was sung by a mechanical man with a jaunty fez, on display near the life-size cow carved from butter.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2017
  • Was the song’s jaunty sound jeering at this guy, or sympathizing with him?
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The driver had chosen to stop at a jaunty angle rather than neatly parallel to the curb on one side and the flow of traffic on the other.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2018
  • In the final sketch of the night, Ferrell played Chucky Lee Byrd, an old-school singer whose jaunty tunes were all about loving underaged girls.
    — Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2018
  • In one of the show’s standouts — an untitled work from 1929 — a stand of dark trees fills the foreground beneath a sky of bright, jaunty abstract patterns.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
  • This Western costume comes with an adjustable strap and a jaunty cowboy hat.
    — Alicia Kortendick, oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Yet Weir, who wears a jaunty cap and a cheery grin during most of his public appearances, says he is plagued by crippling self-doubt.
    — Jennifer Vineyard, latimes.com, 1 Dec. 2017
  • Man and puppet look a bit like conjoined twins, with the rosy-cheeked Hildreth dressed in a matching white snowsuit complete with a jaunty Nordic hat.
    — Jessica Gelt, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • There are jaunty fellows in pocket squares eager to greet you, squire you to a table, and discuss cocktails.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • My brother, seven years old and in a jaunty straw cowboy hat, his demons still decades away from destroying him.
    — Jill Gleeson, Woman's Day, 15 Sep. 2017
  • In the jaunty illustration, a string of volcanic crags, which had looked so tiny against the vast blue of the sea and mainland Lazio on my phone screen, appeared almost swimmably close.
    — Pilar Guzmán, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Long tables of men wearing button-downs with jaunty vests seemed to suggest that Stock Show traffic had found its way to the then-4-day-old restaurant.
    — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Jack may be jaunty, but Plummer locates the man’s frostbitten heart.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2018
  • And the superior arrangement of the song, with jaunty bells and a haunting horn section, shows the potential of the tune to break free from the syrupy lounge-act rock of its origins.
    — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 5 Sep. 2019

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